MN621 Local area network design and setup

 

Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines
Unit Code	MN621
Unit Title	Advanced Network Design
Assessment Type	Individual written report and group demonstration – T1 2018
Assessment Title	Local Area Network Design and Setup
Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping)	This assignment is designed to assess students’ knowledge and skills related to the following learning outcomes: a.       Investigate suitable network designs to match requirements. b.      Create appropriate frameworks and standards for network implementation
Weight	15% of the total assessments
Total Marks	60
Word limit	2500
Due Date	Week 8, demonstrate during laboratory class (in groups not more than two students) and submit report on Moodle(individual report) by the end of week 8.
Submission Guidelines	·      All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a completed Assignment Cover Page. ·      The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri (Body) font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings. ·      Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using IEEE referencing style.
Extension	·      If an extension of time to submit work is required, a Special Consideration Application must be submitted directly to AMS.  You must submit this application within three working days of the assessment due date. Further information is available at: http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policies-procedures-and-guidelines/specialconsiderationdeferment
Academic Misconduct	·      Academic Misconduct is a serious offence. Depending on the seriousness of the case, penalties can vary from a written warning or zero marks to exclusion from the course or rescinding the degree. Students should make themselves familiar with the full policy and procedure available at:http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policies-procedures-and-guidelines/Plagiarism-Academic-Misconduct-Policy-Procedure.For further information, please refer to the Academic Integrity Section in your Unit Description.

Assignment Description

A case study: Local Area Network design and configuration

There is an organisation which is primarily e-commerce business. It is going through a major transformation because of its expansion. The expansion is due to merger of two smaller businesses to the organisation. Now, the organisation is moving to a new building having about 100 employees. The new building is of three floors. The ground floor is for reception, foyer and warehouse so there is a need of five data points at reception, four in warehouse and two in foyer. The 1^st floor consists of five offices and forty open plan office cubicles. The 2^nd floor consists of three rooms, each room have four office cubicles, two offices and thirty open plan cubicles. There is also a meeting room at 2^nd floor that requires four data points. Each and every person needs two data points at their desk whether it’s an office, room cubicle or open plan cubicle. Each floor also needs wireless connectivity.

This organisation needs a new LAN plan, design and implementation before they move to new facility.

Description

Design a local area network for the given case study.

Write a report on a network plan and configurations having following sections:

1. Analyse the need for the network for above case study. Investigate and propose a suitable complete network design for the case study.


2. Write a detailed setup of network devices only for a LAN.


3. Write a detailed implementation report which includes configurations of each networking device which are included in the whole network.


4. Demonstrate and compare at least 2 configuration results which may include at least two switches/routers and two PCs on physical networking devices. [20 marks]

Demonstration: Students can demonstrate in a group of 2.Students should be ready with all setup and configurations before start of the laboratory class. Tutor will ask 2-3 questions to each student to demonstrate any configuration of the setup. Demonstration from each student should not be more than 3 minutes.

Students should give their group members to tutor in week 7 during lab class. Students will get demonstration timetable before start of the week 8 lab class.

Marking criteria:

Marks	Section to be included in the report	Description of the section
03	Project scope	Outline of the report ( in 3-4 sentences)
05	Project hardware requirements	-          Name of the network device with manufacturer’s name, series, model and ports -          Type of the cables -          Name of the server, PC with specification such as operating system, RAM, hard disk etc.
03	Network Diagram	-          Network diagram is drawn and labelled
07	Network Design	Write justification of the network design
20	Network device configurations commands	Configuration commands to configure network
20	Network device configurations –Demonstration on physical device	Demonstration of various features
02	Reference style	Follow IEEE reference style
60		Total

Marking Rubrics 

Grades	Excellent =>80%		Very Good 79	Good		Satisfactory		Unsatisfactory
Project scope /3	Concise and specific to the project		Topics are relevant and soundly analysed.	Generally relevant and analysed.		Some relevance and briefly presented.		This is not relevant to the assignment topic.
Project hardware requirements 5	Demonstrated   excellent ability to think critically and sourced reference material appropriately		Demonstrated  excellent ability to think critically but did not source reference material appropriately	Demonstrated   ability to think critically and sourced reference material appropriately		Demonstrated   ability to think critically and did not source reference material appropriately		Did not demonstrate ability to think critically and did not source reference material appropriately
Network Design and diagram /10		Demonstrated   excellent ability to think critically and sourced reference material appropriately	Demonstrated  excellent ability to think critically but did not source reference material appropriately	Demonstrated   ability to think critically and sourced reference material appropriately	Demonstrated   ability to think critically and did not source reference material appropriately		Did not demonstrate ability to think critically and did not source reference material appropriately
Network device configurations - Switch configuration/ 20		All elements are present and very well integrated.	Components present with good cohesive	Components present and mostly well integrated	Most components present		Proposal lacks structure.
Demonstration /20	Logic is clear and easy to follow with strong arguments		Consistency logical and convincing	Mostly consistent logical and convincing		Adequate cohesion and conviction		Argument is confused and disjointed
IEEE Reference style/ 2	Clear styles with excellent source of references.		Clear referencing style	Generally good referencing style		Sometimes clear referencing style		Lacks consistency with many errors