Assignment 5: Technical Term Paper The Technical Term Paper will include the detailed response to the network design request. The document will be submitted in MS Word and will be between 10-15 pages with graphics embedded within the document. Background You are a small network design company called Wide-IP that is looking for that big break. As the CTO of the Wide-IP company, you recently made a persuasive presentation of your company's approach to designing networks at a large industry event. The CEO of Fiction Corporation, a large retail chain, was impressed by your presentation. It looks like you've finally got your break! You have a small team of 10 technically proficient staffers with a strong background in project management, networking, and internetworking skills that include PMP, Network+, CCNP, and CISSP credentials. You have been selected by Fiction Corporation to develop a network design document and plan without an RFP. Overview Fiction Corporation, a large national retail chain of 10,000 employees and 500 retail outlets, is migrating its one primary data center operation to a new headquarters building several miles away. The company wishes to upgrade its network and correct any security flaws in its infrastructure as part of this move. The Fiction CEO has informed you that the capital budget for this migration cannot exceed $500,000 and must not interrupt business operations. What follows is a brief background that will serve as your foundation in developing the network design. The data in the center supports remote retail locations, an off-site 100 seat call center and 3 remote warehousing operations 24 hours a day with annual uptime at 99.9%. Any significant downtime to its production systems would impact Fiction Corporation's operations and profitability. From the data processing viewpoint, the move includes 2 large UPS, 4 RS/6000 AIX application servers, 10 virtualized servers and 20 PC servers. The network consists of approximately 500 remote location retail stores connected via frame relay (with ISDN backup) to 10 routers at the data center running a common LAN shared by the entire organization. The retail operations also run WLANs that are on its own subnet. You will have a T1 link and ISDN as a primary backup. Network managers also need to monitor the status of remote systems. The SNMP management system must be able to detect and report failure of the remote system or its communications link and the status of individual applications. 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. You were selected in part due to your detailed analysis and agreement to an implementation cost that will not exceed $500,000. Your network migration plan will be in phases with noted milestones. Key to the success of this plan is th.

1. Assignment 5: Technical Term Paper
The Technical Term Paper will include the detailed response to
the network design request. The document will be submitted in
MS Word and will be between 10-15 pages with graphics
embedded within the document.
Background
You are a small network design company called Wide-IP that is
looking for that big break. As the CTO of the Wide-IP company,
you recently made a persuasive presentation of your company's
approach to designing networks at a large industry event. The
CEO of Fiction Corporation, a large retail chain, was impressed
by your presentation. It looks like you've finally got your break!
You have a small team of 10 technically proficient staffers with
a strong background in project management, networking, and
internetworking skills that include PMP, Network+, CCNP, and
CISSP credentials.
You have been selected by Fiction Corporation to develop a
network design document and plan without an RFP.
Overview
Fiction Corporation, a large national retail chain of 10,000
employees and 500 retail outlets, is migrating its one primary
data center operation to a new headquarters building several
miles away. The company wishes to upgrade its network and
correct any security flaws in its infrastructure as part of this
move. The Fiction CEO has informed you that the capital
budget for this migration cannot exceed $500,000 and must not
interrupt business operations. What follows is a brief
background that will serve as your foundation in developing the
network design.
The data in the center supports remote retail locations, an off-
site 100 seat call center and 3 remote warehousing operations
24 hours a day with annual uptime at 99.9%. Any significant
downtime to its production systems would impact Fiction
Corporation's operations and profitability. From the data
processing viewpoint, the move includes 2 large UPS, 4

2. RS/6000 AIX application servers, 10 virtualized servers and 20
PC servers.
The network consists of approximately 500 remote location
retail stores connected via frame relay (with ISDN backup) to
10 routers at the data center running a common LAN shared by
the entire organization. The retail operations also run WLANs
that are on its own subnet. You will have a T1 link and ISDN as
a primary backup. Network managers also need to monitor the
status of remote systems. The SNMP management system must
be able to detect and report failure of the remote system or its
communications link and the status of individual applications.
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.
You were selected in part due to your detailed analysis and
agreement to an implementation cost that will not exceed
$500,000. Your network migration plan will be in phases with
noted milestones. Key to the success of this plan is the
availability of a T1 link between the remote sites to support
remote bridging and development of configurations for all the
remote routers.
Include the following in your assignment:
1. Title page
2. Table of contents
3. Executive summary
4. Project goal
5. Project scope
6. Design requirements:
a. Business goals
b. Technical goals
c. User communities and data stores
d. Network applications
7. Current state of the network
8. Logical design

3. 9. Physical design
10. Results of network design testing
11. Discuss the availability of a T1 link.
11. Implementation plan with a project schedule
12. Project budget with a return on investment calculation
13. Design document appendix
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:
Design a systematic network architecture plan in accordance
with network design steps.
Summarize among scalability, availability, performance
security, manageability, usability, adaptability, and
affordability as they relate to internetworking product selection.
Design a network topology to include hierarchy, redundancy,
modularity, and security.
Create a network security plan inclusive of identifying and
analyzing network assets, security risks, security requirements,
and security policy.
Develop network management strategies to include resource
monitoring and data collection and interpretation.
Describe processes that address performance, faulty,
configuration, security, and accounting management.
Compare and contrast the selection of technologies and devices
for campus and enterprise networks that include remote access
networks, WANs, service providers, end user remote access
devices, central site remote access devices, VPN concentrators,
and routers.

4. Develop network design testing procedures through services,
tools, and testing scripts.
Describe optimal network design for critical business
applications to include effective use of bandwidth and
satisfying QoS requirements.
Develop a comprehensive network design document.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in
network architecture and analysis.
Write clearly and concisely about network architecture and
analysis using proper writing mechanics and technical style
conventions.
Points: 150
Assignment 5: Technical Term Paper
Criteria
Unacceptable
Below 70% F
Fair
70-79% C
Proficient
80-89% B
Exemplary
90-100% A
1. Develop a network design document and plan that includes
title page.
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2. Develop a network design document and plan that includes
table of contents.
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3. Develop a network design document and plan that includes
executive summary.
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4. Develop a network design document and plan that includes
project goal.
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5. Develop a network design document and plan that includes
project scope.
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6. includes project scope.
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includes project scope.
6. Develop a network design document and plan that includes
design requirements:
a. business goals
b. technical goals
c. user communities and data stores
d. network applications
Weight: 10%
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document and plan that includes design requirements:
a. business goals
b. technical goals
c. user communities and data stores
d. network applications
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includes design requirements:
a. business goals
b. technical goals
c. user communities and data stores
d. network applications
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that includes design requirements:
a. business goals
b. technical goals
c. user communities and data stores
d. network applications
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includes design requirements:
a. business goals
b. technical goals
c. user communities and data stores
d. network applications

7. 7. Develop a network design document and plan that includes
current state of the network.
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that includes current state of the network.
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includes current state of the network.
8. Develop a network design document and plan that includes
logical design.
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includes logical design.
9. Develop a network design document and plan that includes
physical design.
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10. Develop a network design document and plan that includes
results of network design testing.
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that includes results of network design testing.
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includes results of network design testing.
11. Discuss the availability of a T1 link.
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12. Develop a network design document and plan that includes
implementation plan with a project schedule.
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13. Develop a network design document and plan that includes
project budget with a return on investment calculation.
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investment calculation.
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9. Satisfactorily developed a network design document and plan
that includes project budget with a return on investment
calculation.
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includes project budget with a return on investment calculation.
14. Develop a network design document and plan that includes
design document appendix.
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15. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements
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