Assessment Details

Assessment 2: Case Study-2

Due date:	Week 12
Group/individual:	Individual
Word count / Time provided:	2000 words
Weighting:	30%
Unit Learning Outcomes:	ULO-2, ULO-3, ULO-4, ULO-5

Assessment Details:

This assessment is designed to assess students’ technical skills in planning and configuring a computer network. In addition, it develops student skills in planning and finding IT infrastructures solution that suit enterprise requirements.

ABC is a global IT company which mainly based in USA. Recently , the company has decided to move to the Australian market. ABC has decided to establish two main branches in two of the major Australian cities ( Sydney , Melbourne) .

Sydney branch will have up to 300 employees.

Melbourne branch will have up to 600 employees.

Each branch has it is own server. It is understood that employees should able to communicate and access data from different servers within the three sites.

You have been hired as an IT Administrator at the IT department and you have been asked to analyse, design and configure the new network as it shows in Figure 1.

• Use Network Address: 10.XX.0.0/20 For Melbourne
• Use Network Address: 172.XX.0.0/20 For Sydney

Where XX is the last 2 digits of your student ID

[For example, if the student ID is 201701234 then use : 10.34.0.0/20]

You can use the Lectures notes or VLSM to subnet the networks

Figure 1: Network design for ABC company

For the network diagram in Figure 1:

Task Specifications

Task-A: Prepare a report to provide the details configuration for the network for ABC company.

In this task you will fill the required information using the IP network diagram: (30 Marks)

Sydney
Allocated Subnet address and Subnet Mask
Network address
Default Gateway address
Valid host address range
Broadcast address
Melbourne
Allocated Subnet address and Subnet Mask
Network address
Default Gateway address
Valid host address range
Broadcast address

Network between Sydney to ISP
Allocated Subnet address and Subnet Mask
Network address
Valid host address range
Broadcast address

Network between Melbourne and ISP
Allocated Subnet address and Subnet Mask
Network address
Valid host address range
Broadcast address

Place configuration of each device into a table similar to the one below. ( 40 Marks )

Sydney

(Copy and paste the device configuration, DO NOT use screenshot from Packet Tracer) S1: enable S1: configure terminal S1: . . .

– Connections verifications ( ping ) will scale to 5 marks.

Task-B: (25 marks)

Assume the IT department of the ABC company wants to adapted virtualization and Cloud computed for hosting some of the organization application servers however , managers are divided between using Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS. You are required to write a short ,but comprehensive, report to distinguish ( compare ) between Azure and AWS in terms of :

1. Services provided , functions , storages, VMs , Security
2. As an IT Administrator , recommend one provider ( Azure or AWS ) and Justify your choice .Explain why

Assessment submission

Your report must include a cover page that include the student name and student ID. You must submit the design document as outlined above with a working Packet Tracer file

DO NOT ZIP THE SUBMISSION FILES.

For successful completion of this assessment, you require to study the material provided (lecture slides, tutorials, and reading materials), engage in the unit’s activities, and in the discussion forums. The prescribed textbook is the main reference along with the recommended reading material. Students are expected to discuss their work with lecturer and to seek support. In completing this assessment successfully, you will be able to effectively to write and communicate project scope and schedule plan, which will help in achieving ULO-3, ULO-4 and ULO-5, this will enable you to achieve CLO-1, CLO-4, CLO-6, CLO-7 and CLO-8 and all collectively with other unit learning outcomes will help in achieving GA2, GA9 and GA12.

Marking Criteria and Rubric: The assessment will be marked out of 100 and will be weighted 30% of the total unit mark

Marking Criteria for Task-B	Not satisfactory (0-49%) of the criterion mark)	Satisfactory (50-64%) of the criterion mark	Good (65-74%) of the criterion mark	Very Good (75-84%) of the criterion mark	Excellent (85-100%) of the criterion mark
Subnets Allocations , IP addresses, valid hosts , gateways subnet mask (30 marks)	Lack of evidence of understanding of IP configuration for NET A, B and C including the interfaces for RA, RB and RC with many errors.	Evidence of basic understanding of IP configuration for NET A, B and C.	Good IP configuration for NET A, B and C including the interfaces for RA, RB and RC with some errors.	very well IP configuration for NET A, B and C including the interfaces for RA, RB and RC.	Excellent IP configuration for NET A, B and C including the interfaces for RA, RB and RC.
Routers Configurations (40 marks)	Lack of evidence of understanding of Configure router RA interfaces with many errors.	Evidence of basic understanding of Configure router RA interfaces	Good Configure router RA interfaces with some errors.	very well Configure router RA interfaces	Excellent Configure router RA interfaces
Verifications (5 marks)	Lack of evidence of understanding dynamic scaling using Cloud computing	Evidence of basic understanding of dynamic scaling using Cloud computing not related to the organization requirements.	Good understanding of dynamic scaling using Cloud computing related to the organization requirements.	Very good understanding of dynamic scaling using Cloud computing related to the organization requirements.	Excellent understanding and demonstration of dynamic scaling using Cloud computing related to the organization requirements.
Cloud Providers (25 marks)	Lack of evidence of identification and understanding of Cloud hosting.	Evidence of basic understanding of Cloud hosting with general discussion of services not related to the organization requirements.	Evidence of good understanding of Cloud hosting with general discussion of services related to the organization requirements.	Very good understanding and demonstration of Cloud hosting with clear identification of services related the organization requirements.	Excellent understanding and demonstration of Cloud hosting related to the selected origination requirements with very clear identification of services related the organization requirements.