Mr. Thilak de Silva.BSc. Eng., MSc, CEng, FIE(SL), FIET(UK), CITP(UK), MBCS(UK), MIEEE (USA)

M.Sc. in IT - Year 1 Semester II - 2012

A brainstorming sessionConcept Paper

M.Sc. in IT - Year 1 Semester II - 2012

At the end of this session you will understand the requirements of setting up a Network for a new company, budgeting and creation of Concept Paper.

M.Sc. in IT - Year 1 Semester II - 2012

Analyze the requirements of the company.

Allocated budget.

Geographical locations of the network.

Technical capabilities of the staff of the company.

Number of sub-networks

Security of the Network

M.Sc. in IT - Year 1 Semester II - 2012

Selection of the venders and service providers.

Type of data/information transported through the network.

Bandwidth Requirements.

Type of organization - academic/commercial

Routing Protocols used. Company's future plans.

M.Sc. in IT - Year 1 Semester II - 2012

IPV4 or IPV6

Is VPN required?

Centralized or De-Centralized?

What is the Back-up plan?

Required time line.

M.Sc. in IT - Year 1 Semester II - 2012

Step 1 : Identify automation areas.

Web portal , E-mailOther applicationsBilling, Inventory control, HR,

Finance, VOIP, vedio conferencing or ERP

M.Sc. in IT - Year 1 Semester II - 2012

Step 2 : Physical locations to be networkedWAN , LAN

For example identify, Switches for each floor of the building

Fiber connections Structured caballing L3 switches for VLANs

M.Sc. in IT - Year 1 Semester II - 2012

Source : http://www.google.lk/search?hl=en&gbv=2&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=podET5OuLo-srAfihqHTDw&ved=0CDoQBSgA&q=Lan,+Wan+setup&spell=1&biw=1366&bih=673

Step 3 : Can connect other existing systems

For example identify, Number of users per application

Step 4 : Methodology of maintaining the network – Network Management System

M.Sc. in IT - Year 1 Semester II - 2012

Step 5 : Draw Network diagram For Example, Identify number of buildings and number of floors per each

location.

Example :- An organization has,Headquarters with 4 buildings and 5 floors eachProvincial offices.BranchesRegional officersRemote officersCustomer service points.

M.Sc. in IT - Year 1 Semester II - 2012

Different number of buildings and floors

Example :- Headquarters has,

For each level get a generic model, because finding buildings, floors and users in every office is time consuming.

M.Sc. in IT - Year 1 Semester II - 2012

Building

Floor Users

1 1 20

1 2 30

.. .. ..

Step 6 : List the physical devices

For example identify, 24 port L2 switches, L3 switches Router per center Firewall Servers for web portal , e-mail DNS server, DHCP server Virus guard server Network management server

M.Sc. in IT - Year 1 Semester II - 2012

Step 6 : List the physical devices

For example identify, 24 port L2 switches, L3 switches Router per center Firewall Servers for web portal , e-mail DNS server, DHCP server Virus guard server Network management server

M.Sc. in IT - Year 1 Semester II - 2012

Step 7 : CaballingStructured caballing per floor

Step 8 : Identify software requirements Eg:- Software for servers, ITIL software

Step 9 : WAN connectivity

Step 10 : Identify operational cost Eg :- Software license cost Maintenance cost WAN fee

M.Sc. in IT - Year 1 Semester II - 2012

By taking these into consideration we prepare the budget.

Using it we prepare the concept paper. We can present the cost phase wise.

M.Sc. in IT - Year 1 Semester II - 2012

M.Sc. in IT - Year 1 Semester II - 2012