The document discusses two assignments for a CIS 413 networking class. The first assignment involves analyzing a proposed Cisco switch solution for a health insurance company and justifying it in a 5-8 page paper. The second assignment involves designing a secure network infrastructure to address security issues at a sales organization, within budget constraints, and presenting the solution in a 5-8 page paper with diagrams. Both assignments require explaining and justifying technical network concepts and designs.

1. STAYER CIS 413 Week 4 Assignment 1: XYZ Company Network
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Assignment 1: XYZ Company Network Deployment
Due Week 4 and worth 175 points
The top salesperson for XYZ Company is closing a deal to install
one million dollars of Cisco switches for a new customer, AtoZ
Insurance. AtoZ Insurance’s leadership is apprehensive about
the investment and unsure of the benefits of introducing Cisco
switches to replace their Layer 2 switches from another vendor.
The salesperson and executives of XYZ Company request that
you, as the network engineer, to file a report, discussing the
new Cisco solution and what it can offer AtoZ Insurance.
About the organization: AtoZ Insurance provides health
insurance coverage for small and large businesses. It supports
over one thousand office staff members in a twenty-story
building, as well as one hundred staff members who work
remotely off site in various locations. As an organization that
works with medical information, it is strictly regulated by
government healthcare mandates, so security is a concern.
Write a five to eight (5-8) page paper in which you:
Describe the Cisco Campus architecture, and explain the
primary reasons why it is important for AtoZ Insurance.
Provide a rationale for your response.
Outline the key benefits of Cisco VLANs, and determine the

2. unique benefits they have for AtoZ. Justify your response.
Using Microsoft Visio, or an open source alternative such as Dia,
construct a diagram that visualizes the solution with emphasis
on architecturally differentiating a Layer 2 switch from a Layer
3 switch. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not
included in the required page length.
Explain the manner in which the integration of Cisco’s VTP
technology is unique, and suggest the way in which it can help
AtoZ. Support your response with specific examples of VTP
technology’s major benefits to AtoZ.
Recommend one (1) additional Cisco specific switching
technology that will benefit AtoZ, highlighting the specific
benefits to AtoZ.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and
references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check
with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
Configure and implement VLANs in a Campus network
environment.
Understand and implement a secure campus switching
environment.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in
internetworking switching.
Write clearly and concisely about internetworking switching
using proper writing mechanics.

3. STAYER CIS 413 Week 10 Assignment 2: Big Switch Network
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Due Week 10 and worth 175 points
Big Switch is a medium-sized sales organization with 100
employees with annual revenue of $10 million. Big Switch has a
central office of 30 employees that supports a sales force
consisting of 70 employees across 10 regional offices in the
United States. Approximately 20% of the Big Switch sales are
transacted from customers over the Web and 80% are from
face-to-face sales interactions. The company expects a greater
Web presence in the near future.
The Big Switch enterprise network consists of a core backbone,
campus, data center, Branch / WAN, and Internet Edge. The
seven (7) departments in the company include Finance,
Operations, Human Resources, Sales, Marketing, Technology,
and the corporate office. Computing equipment is provided to
all employees of Big Switch. The company also uses 20
independent sales contractors that are assigned a specific
territory and use their own computing and home office
equipment to access the Big Switch network.
Due to recent major security breaches in its campus network,
Big Switch has hired you to design an infrastructure that:
Implements VLAN segments.

4. Protects against MAC layer attacks.
Protects against VLAN attacks.
Protects against spoofing attacks.
Secures the network switches.
As the network analyst hired to model this infrastructure, you
are to provide an implementation solution that considers
redundancy and secure strategies across the enterprise
network and the Big Switch seven departments. The CEO has
informed you that the capital budget for this migration cannot
exceed $400,000 and must not interrupt business operations.
The company wishes a seamless migration that minimizes
impact to its customers and employees. Any gaps in this
background will require you to make sound technical and
persuasive assumptions that satisfy the customer’s goals that
are within the budget guidelines.
Your network migration plan will be in phases with noted
milestones and graphic topologies that support your approach.
Write a five to eight (5-8) page paper in which you:
Explain the design of an infrastructure that Implements VLAN
segments, protects against MAC layer attacks, protects against
VLAN attacks, protects against spoofing attacks, and secures the
network switches.
Describe the deployment approach and design that you would
use in the enterprise network that consists of core backbone,
campus, data center, Branch / WAN, and Internet edge. Defend
your decision.
Describe the deployment approach and design that you would
use in the seven (7) departments of the company, which include
Finance, Operations, Human Resources, Sales, Marketing,
Technology, and the Corporate Office. Defend your decision.
Using Microsoft Visio or an open source alternative such as Dia,
graphically illustrate the infrastructuredesign that implements
VLAN segments, protects against MAC layer attacks, protects

5. against VLAN attacks, protects against spoofing attacks, and
secures the network switches. Next, graphically illustrate the
deployment approach for the seven (7) departments and
design of the infrastructure. Note: The graphically depicted
solution is not included in the required page length.
Propose the way in which your overall solution will promote a
secure environment for Big Switch. Justify your response.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and
references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check
with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
Configure and implement VLANs in a Campus network
environment.
Describe and implement high availability in a campus
infrastructure.
Understand and implement a secure campus switching
environment.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in
internetworking switching.
Write clearly and concisely about internetworking switching
using proper writing mechanics.