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