ASSIGNMENT BRIEF

QUALIFICATION UNIT NUMBER AND TITLE

PEARSON BTEC HND IN COMPUTING (RQF) 02. NETWORKING (LEVEL 4)
INTERNAL VERIFIER UNIT TUTOR
MARIAM QASIM KANWAR KHAN
DATE ISSUED SUBMISSION DATE RESUBMISSION DATE
24 JANUARY 2022 04 MAY 2022 08 MAY 2022

ASSIGNMENT TITLE LAN DESIGN & IMPLEMENTATION

LEARNING OUTCOME AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

PASS MERIT DISTINCTION
LO1 EXAMINE NETWORKING PRINCIPLES AND THEIR PROTOCOLS
P1 DISCUSS THE BENEFITS AND CONSTRAINTS
OF DIFFERENT NETWORK TYPES AND
M1 COMPARE COMMON NETWORKING
STANDARDS.
PRINCIPLES AND HOW PROTOCOLS ENABLE THE LO1 & LO2
P2 EXPLAIN THE IMPACT OF NETWORK EFFECTIVENESS OF NETWORKED SYSTEMS.
TOPOLOGY, COMMUNICATION AND
D1 CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE TOPOLOGY
PROTOCOL SELECTED FOR A GIVEN SCENARIO
BANDWIDTH REQUIREMENTS.
TO DEMONSTRATE THE EFFICIENT UTILISATION
LO2 EXPLAIN NETWORKING DEVICES AND OPERATIONS OF A NETWORKING
P3 DISCUSS THE OPERATING PRINCIPLES OF SYSTEM.
M2 EXPLORE A RANGE OF SERVER TYPES AND
NETWORKING DEVICES AND SERVER TYPES.
JUSTIFY THE SELECTION OF A SERVER,
P4 DISCUSS THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF CONSIDERING A GIVEN SCENARIO REGARDING
WORKSTATION HARDWARE WITH RELEVANT
COST AND PERFORMANCE OPTIMISATION.
NETWORKING SOFTWARE.
LO3 DESIGN EFFICIENT NETWORKED SYSTEMS
P5 DESIGN A NETWORKED SYSTEM TO MEET A
GIVEN SPECIFICATION.
D2 DESIGN A MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE TO
P6 TEST AND EVALUATE THE DESIGN TO MEET M3 INSTALL AND CONFIGURE NETWORK SUPPORT THE NETWORKED SYSTEM.
THE SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS ON YOUR CHOICE.
REQUIREMENTS AND ANALYSE USER FEEDBACK
WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING EFFICIENCY.
LO4 IMPLEMENT AND DIAGNOSE NETWORKED SYSTEMS
P7 IMPLEMENT A NETWORKED SYSTEM BASED
D3 USE CRITICAL REFLECTION TO EVALUATE
ON A PREPARED DESIGN. M4 RECOMMEND POTENTIAL ENHANCEMENTS OWN WORK AND JUSTIFY VALID CONCLUSIONS.
P8 DOCUMENT AND ANALYSE TEST RESULTS FOR THE NETWORKED SYSTEMS.
AGAINST EXPECTED RESULTS.

SUBMISSION FORMAT
THE SUBMISSION IS IN THE FORM OF A REPORT; A REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION; PRESENTATION EVALUATION; AND AN INDIVIDUAL EVIDENCE
PORTFOLIO.

THE REPORT SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN A CONCISE, FORMAL BUSINESS STYLE USING SINGLE SPACING AND FONT STYLE TIMES NEW ROMAN AND SIZE 11.
YOU ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE USE OF HEADINGS, PARAGRAPHS AND SUBSECTIONS AS APPROPRIATE, AND ALL WORK MUST BE SUPPORTED WITH
RESEARCH AND REFERENCED USING THE HARVARD REFERENCING SYSTEM. PLEASE ALSO PROVIDE A BIBLIOGRAPHY USING THE HARVARD REFERENCING
SYSTEM. THE RECOMMENDED WORD LIMIT IS SPECIFIED.

THE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING INCLUDED IN IT:

 THE NETWORK WILL NEED TO SUPPORT TWO FLOORS OF OPEN PLAN OFFICE WITH APPROXIMATELY 50 WORKSTATIONS EACH.
 THE WORKSTATIONS WILL NEED SECURE, FAST AND ROBUST ACCESS TO THE COMPANY DATABASE.
 STAFF WILL BE EXPECTED TO USE EMAIL AS A REGULAR COMMUNICATION METHOD BUT NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE WORLD WIDE WEB
 GENERALLY.
 THERE WILL NEED TO BE PROVISION FOR SOME, HEAVILY CONTROLLED WIRELESS ACCESS.
 SECURITY IS A MAIN PRIORITY AS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION WILL BE IN CONSTANT USE AND IS COVERED BY GDPR.
 THERE WILL NEED TO BE CONTROL OF USER ACCOUNTS, SYSTEM ACCESS, RESOURCE SHARING AND ACCESS PERMISSIONS ACROSS THE
NETWORK YOU DESIGN.
 THERE WILL NEED TO BE SECURE BROADBAND ACCESS VIA THE COMPANY VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK TO THE OFFICES IN THE USA.
 IT IS PROPOSED TO USE AN INTRANET TO DISSEMINATE COMPANY INFORMATION INTERNALLY TO THIS SITE.
 CORE HARDWARE MUST BE KEPT IN A SECURE PLACE.
(A DIAGRAM OF THE LAYOUT OF THE TWO FLOORS IS PROVIDED IN PART B).

THE INDIVIDUAL EVIDENCE PORTFOLIO SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN A CONCISE, FORMAL BUSINESS STYLE USING SINGLE SPACING AND FONT STYLE TIMES
NEW ROMAN AND SIZE 11. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE USE OF HEADINGS, PARAGRAPHS AND SUBSECTIONS AS APPROPRIATE, AND ALL WORK
MUST BE SUPPORTED WITH RESEARCH AND REFERENCED USING THE HARVARD REFERENCING SYSTEM. PLEASE ALSO PROVIDE A BIBLIOGRAPHY USING
THE HARVARD REFERENCING SYSTEM. THE RECOMMENDED WORD LIMIT IS SPECIFIED. IT WILL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING:
 NETWORK SYSTEM DESIGN PLANS AND BLUEPRINTS WITH CLEAR JUSTIFICATIONS FOR YOUR CHOICES.
 A FULLY COMPLETED TEST PLAN INCLUDING AN EVALUATION OF HOW THE NETWORK MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION, COLLECT
USER FEEDBACK ON YOUR DESIGN AND SHOW HOW YOU ANALYSE IT WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE NETWORK
WHEN YOU INSTALL IT.
 EVIDENCE OF HAVING IMPLEMENTED THE NETWORK TO YOUR FINAL DESIGN.
 DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE OF INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING NETWORK SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS ONTO YOUR NETWORK
 A PROPOSED AND JUSTIFIED MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE FOR USING THE NETWORK LONG TERM.
 A CRITICAL REFLECTION EVALUATING AND JUSTIFYING YOUR WORK ON THE NETWORK.
NOTE: THE NETWORK INSTALLED NEEDS TO INCLUDE ALL CORE SYSTEMS AND A SAMPLE OF THE STANDARD WORKSTATIONS ONLY. DEPENDING ON
CIRCUMSTANCES THE NETWORK INSTALLATION CAN BE VIRTUAL USING A SUITABLE NETWORK MODELLING TOOL.

ASSIGNMENT SCENARIO AND GUIDANCE

SCENARIO

You are employed by a rapidly growing company who deal largely in call centre operations and the company is in the process of
acquiring a new building to expand Pakistan operations. The global crisis has meant that there is a serious shortage of staff to
design and develop the infrastructure for the new building and your operations manager in the USA has asked you to
demonstrate that you understand the principles and practicalities required to do this.

If you prove your understanding, you will have the assistance of an installations technician who is expert at installing cabling,
fibre optics and hardware such as switches and firewalls but she has little understanding of designing or configuring them.
PART A - GUIDANCE

In the first instance you will need to produce a critical evaluation of the topology and protocol you select and use this to
demonstrate the efficient utilisation of the networking system. You will need to include some elements of theory:
 A comparison of common networking principles and explain how protocols enable the effectiveness of networked
systems.
 A discussion of the various benefits and constraints relating to different network types and standards.
 An explanation of the impact different network topologies have on communication and bandwidth requirements.
And some explanation of the hardware and operations involved:
 An exploration of the range of available server types, choose and justify a suitable server for the requirements
specification the company has given you with due regard to cost and performance optimisation.

You will need to produce a discussion of the operating principles of the main networking devices and server types and relate
this to the interdependence of workstation hardware to the appropriate networking software.

PART B - GUIDANCE
After your submission to the operations manager, you have met expectations as to your theoretical knowledge and have been
given the go ahead to proceed with designing and installing the new network. Firstly, develop a network design to meet the
requirements of the company from the specification given. Then test and evaluate the design against the requirements
specification, collect user feedback and perform an analysis on that with the aim of improving the efficiency of your designed
network. Implement the network as per your design. Install and configure the appropriate network services and applications on
your network. Produce and implement a test plan for the network clearly showing outcomes against your expected results.
Then recommend possible enhancements to your network. Design a long-term maintenance schedule to support the running of
your network. Finally use critical reflection of the whole design and implementation process to evaluate what you have done
and justify the conclusions you draw from that to the operations manager.

EVIDENCE CHECKLIST SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE REQUIRED BY STUDENT

PART A Report (2500 words). Requirements Specification.
PART B Individual Evidence Portfolio