Simpsons & Griffin (hereafter S&G) is a newly founded software development firm. It has 4 departments (D1, D2, D3 and D4) located on 2 floors of the same building. Each department will have its own network connecting 12 clients, 4 servers and 2 network printers. All clients (NICs included), servers (NICs included) and network printers (also with their NICs) have already been bought and do not need to be considered in this exercise

1) Using a structured design approach (access layer, distribution layer, core layer), list (i) each type of hardware component needed, (ii) their specific purpose and (iii) the required quantities

2) Consider the numbers

CLEARLY explain:

a) What they refer to (2 lines MAX)

b) How they affect or dont affect EACH of the 3 technical goals (scalability, availability, network performance) for S&Gs network (2 lines MAX per technical goal)

3) S&G managers need guidance on which server operating system (SOS) to use. BRIEFLY discuss 4 different criteria you can use to recommend a particular SOS (3 lines MAX for each criterion)

4) S&G managers are considering using either Windows Server or Unix for their servers. Using the 4 criteria above, BRIEFLY compare the 2 SOSs (2 lines MAX for each criterion) and indicate which one you recommend (1 line MAX)

5) Log onto www.cdw.com and determine the cost for S&Gs network.

Assume for simplicity that:

• All prices are in Canadian dollars;

• Cat5e, cat6 and fiber optics have a fixed cost per circuit to buy and install, regardless of distance of $150, $200 and $300 respectively.

6) Using the software of your choice, draw a professional diagram of S&Gs network

Maximum Data Rate 10 Mbps 100 Mbps Name 10Base-T 100Base-T 1000Base-T 1000Base-F 10 GbE 40 GbE 100 GbE 1 Gbps 1 Gbps 10 Gbps 40 Gbps 100 Gbps Maximum Data Rate 10 Mbps 100 Mbps Name 10Base-T 100Base-T 1000Base-T 1000Base-F 10 GbE 40 GbE 100 GbE 1 Gbps 1 Gbps 10 Gbps 40 Gbps 100 Gbps