Assessment item 4 - Virtual Infrastructure DesignValue: 20%Due Date: 16-May-2021Return Date: 07-Jun-2021Group Assessment: NoSubmission method options: Alternative submission methodTASKSoftArc Engineering is a civil engineering firm company which works across Australia as well as in Indonesia, Timor Leste and Papua New Guinea. SoftArc Engineering currently has a small self-managed data centre that has the following servers:• 2 x Active Directory domain controllers on Windows Server 2012 R2, (2 x Xeon 3.6GHZ, 8GB RAM, 140GB HDD). These servers are used for authentication and authorisation;• 3 x SQL Server 11.0 (2012) database servers on Windows Server 2012 (2 x Xeon 2.8GHZ, 4GB RAM, 500GB RAID-5 array). These servers are used for database operations for Active Directory, Exchange, SharePoint and their Client Design application;• 1 x Exchange 2013 email server on Windows Server 2012 R2 (2 x Xeon 3.6GHZ, 8GB RAM, 250GB RAID-1 array);• 4 x Windows Server 2016 File and Print servers (2 x Xeon 2.8GHZ, 4GB RAM, 250GB RAID-1 array);• 1 x SharePoint 2013 server on Windows Server 2012 R2 (2 x Xeon 3.6GHZ, 16GB RAM, 250GB RAID-1 array);• 1 x Client Design and CRM application server on Windows Server 2016 (2 x Xeon 3.6GHZ, 8GB RAM, 250GB RAID-1 array);• 2 x Red Hat Enterprise Linux v7.1 (2015) servers running Apache TomCat v. 7.0 (2 x Xeon 2.8GHZ, 16GB RAM, 140GB HDD).• 1 x Cisco 5505 ASA Firewall v9.3 (2014)The board have been advised to retire most of their old physical servers and start moving their operations onto a virtual platform hosted in-house (on premise). You have been employed to advise the board on various aspects of virtualisation.Your ReportYou are to consider how to implement a virtual infrastructure for the company and prepare a report for the board of SoftArc. Your report should include:Charles Sturt University Subject OutlineITC314 202130 SM I Page 19 of 33 Version 2 - Published 09 April 20211. A one-page executive summary,2. Your proposed virtual infrastructure for the data centre. This is to include:1. Which virtual technology (VMware, Hyper-V, Citrix Xen, etc) you recommend being deployed, along with your detailed and referenced reasons for that recommendation,2. A discussion of the technical infrastructure proposed including:a. Number and type of hosts required including CPU, RAM and internalstorage requirementsb. Host clustering requirements and number of VMs expected to behosted on the cluster,c. Storage requirements (external to servers), including how this storagewill be presented to VMs,d. Additional network requirements to support this infrastructure.3. A discussion of how you would deliver virtual desktops to all users using the new infrastructure.4. Your designs for:1. Data and configuration backup, 2. Disaster recovery.5. Any Information Security changes required and the steps required to implement/ monitor these changes.RATIONALEThis assessment task will assess the following learning outcome/s:• be able to communicate the importance of different virtualisation technologies for X86 and Unix based platforms.• be able to evaluate which virtualisation technology should be used in a given set of requirements.• be able to communicate the essentials of network and storage virtualisation.• be able to discuss and evaluate the requirements for effective Virtual Machine (VM)management.• be able to identify and evaluate the requirements to create a virtual infrastructure.• be able to analyse the requirements for management of a virtual infrastructure.MARKING CRITERIA AND STANDARDSMarking Criteria QuestionTaskMarks1.Executive summary102.1Technology selection and reasoning102.2Technical infrastructure discussion20 Charles Sturt University Subject OutlineITC314 202130 SM I Page 20 of 33 Version 2 - Published 09 April 2021
3Desktop deployment analysis154.1Backup design154.2DR design155InfoSec changes15Total100 Assessment Rubric QuestionHDDICRPSFLExecutive summaryA complete summary of the solution and main points of the report.A thorough explanation of the main points of the report.A detailed explanation of the main points of the report.An adequate explanation of the main points of the report.An inadequate or incomplete summary of the main points of the report.Technology selectionA concise and well-designed proposal for a new virtual infrastructure, with referencesA thorough design proposal for a new virtual infrastructure, with referencesA detailed design proposal for a new virtual infrastructure, some referencesAn adequate design proposal for a new virtual infrastructure, some referencesAn inadequate or incomplete design proposal for a new virtual infrastructureReasoningA thorough discussion of the reasoning behind the infrastructure design, with referencesA detailed discussion of the reasoning behind the infrastructure design, with referencesA good discussion of the reasoning behind the infrastructure design, some referencesAn adequate discussion of the reasoning behind the infrastructure design, some referencesAn inadequate or incomplete discussion of the reasoning behind the infrastructure designDesktop analysisA complete analysis with detailed suggestions for deploying desktops and applications to users, withA thorough analysis with detailed suggestions for deploying desktops and applications to users, withA good analysis with detailed suggestions for deploying desktops and applications to users,An adequate analysis with detailed suggestions for deploying desktops and applications to users,A complete analysis with detailed suggestions for deploying desktops and applications to users Charles Sturt University Subject OutlineITC314 202130 SM I Page 21 of 33 Version 2 - Published 09 April 2021
referencesreferencessome referencessome referencesBackup plan designA complete description of the backup plan for the new infrastructure, with referencesA thorough description of the backup plan for the new infrastructure, with referencesA detailed description of the backup plan for the new infrastructure, some referencesAn adequate description of the backup plan for the new infrastructure, some referencesAn inadequate or incomplete description of the backup plan for the new infrastructureDR plan designA complete description of the DR plan for the new infrastructure, with referencesA thorough description of the DR plan for the new infrastructure, with referencesA detailed description of the DR plan for the new infrastructure, some referencesAn adequate description of the DR plan for the new infrastructure, some referencesAn inadequate or incomplete description of the DR plan for the new infrastructureInfoSec changesA complete description of the InfoSec changes needed, with referencesA thorough description of the InfoSec changes needed, with referencesA detailed description of the InfoSec changes needed, some referencesAn adequate description of the InfoSec changes needed, some referencesAn inadequate or incomplete description of the InfoSec changes neededPresentationMarks will be deducted for not following the given report format (see below) as well as for poor presentation, spelling and/or grammar mistakes.ReferencingMarks will also be deducted for NOT following the proper APA style referencing. Referencing should be accurately documented using APA 6th or 7th edition and must include both in-text citations and a Reference List. (Note that the guide for APA referencing is provided in the Resource section of Interact site) PRESENTATIONThe report should be submitted as a single MS Word document with all images embedded in the document.Submissions in in *.zip, *.rar or any other format will not be marked. The report presentation structure is:Cover pageCharles Sturt University Subject Outline ITC314 202130 SM IVersion 2 - Published 09 April 2021Page 22 of 33• Title of Report• Student Name and Student ID • Student Email addressExecutive SummaryThis section provides a brief overview of the scenario, reasoning/findings and concluding remarks on your findings. It must be no more than 1 page in lengthMain ReportThis section should contain main body of the report. It should discuss all tasks / challenges asked in the case study. You should have a sub-sections that answers each task. Support your answers with solid literature (in-text citations), diagrams and figures (if applicable).Reference ListYou must cite your references using the APA 6th or 7th edition referencing style for all material you have used as sources for the content of your work.Glossary (optional)A glossary should assist the reader in understanding any technical terms used in the report. Use a generally accepted source for the definition of the terms and include appropriate referencing.Assessm