Assignment description You are working as a Graduate Network Engineer with an ABC IT firm that provides network design consultations. An ABC company wants to design a cost-effective network, and you...

Assignment description You are working as a Graduate Network Engineer with an ABC IT firm that provides network design consultations. An ABC company wants to design a cost-effective network, and you are one of the team members of the task force. The ABC company has six departments, namely; reception, finance, HR, IT, employees and manager. You are supposed to come up with a network design suitable for this institute. It is to note that this assignment consists of two parts a) Assignment 1a and b) Assignment 1b and they have their own submission deadlines. Assignment 1a The report should include the following contents: 1. Project Scope  The project scope and requirement should have an outline of the project. 2. Project Hardware and Software requirements  Name of the network device with the manufacturer's name, series, model and ports  Number and type of devices to be used  Type of the cables used  Name of the server, PC with specification such as operating system, RAM, hard disk etc. 3. Approach for the design  Discuss in clear terms the approach that you should be taking for designing the network. You may use bullet points whenever necessary. Assignment 1b 4. Feedback for assignment 1b  It is mandatory that students should demonstrate how they have incorporated the feedback given in assignment 1a. You may use a tabular form whenever necessary. 5. Detailed Network Diagram  Include a diagram of your designed network, and write justifications of your design including the IP addressing solution Page 3 of 4 Prepared by: Dr Sanjeeb Shrestha Jan 2021 6. Network device configurations  Include most of the suitable feature which you have studied from laboratories 1 to 6.  Hint: Use of VLANs for different departments could be one of the preferences. Marking criteria Section to be included in the report Description of the section Marks Project Scope Outline of the report 5 Project Hardware and Software Requirements & their roles in Establishing the Network List all network devices, hardware and software requirements for the network design 10 Approach for the Design Discuss in clear terms the approach that you should be taking for designing the network. You may use bullet points whenever necessary. 10 Feedback for Assignment 1b. Students should incorporate feedback from Assignment 1a. 10 Detailed Network Diagram Include a diagram of your designed network, and write justifications of your design including the IP addressing solution 15 Network Device Configurations Configuration commands to configure the network in order to access the internet, and to support VLAN for different groups Work progression checks on week 5 and 6, at the lab in tutor's continence. Note: Tutor may ask at max four questions for viva voce per student. Feedback will be provided. 10 10 Follow IEEE reference style 5 Total 75