+Network

Planning the Network

Planning the Network
 Determining Network Needs

 Providing Fault Tolerance

 Collecting Essentials Information

1. Determining Network Needs

 Determine why the organization wants a new network

installed.
 New network from scratch
 Network a group of stand-alone computers
 Upgrade to a new or different technology
- In addition to talking to the heads of the organizations about their
network needs, spend some time with the people who will actually
use the network.
- Discover things that can affect what equipment you select for the
network, components location, etc.

 Evaluating the Installation Site

 Existing site which should be suited for the project
 A site can be constructed for plan needs
 Distance between components
 Environmental Conditions
 Sources of Interference
 RLU method (Refer to Determining Datacenter Capacities.ppt)
1. Determining Network Needs

 Selecting Hardware
 Select products which suit network needs
 Consider any upgrades in existing equipments and
computers to meet network needs
 Consider hardware compatibility
2. Providing Fault Tolerance

 Data Availability

 RAID (http://www.acnc.com/04_00.html)

 NAS (Network Attached Storage)

 SAN (Storage Area Networks)

2. Providing Fault Tolerance

 Server Availability

 Blade Servers

 Server Clusters
2. Providing Fault Tolerance

 Network Redundancy
2. Providing Fault Tolerance

 Disaster Recovery (site redundancy)

3. Collecting Essential Information

 Standardizing Workstation Configurations

 Which applications are installed
 Where the applications are installed
 Where the user will store data files
 Drive letter mappings for shared network drives
 Local drive sharing parameters
 Printer connections
 Computer naming scheme
 Workgroup or Domain membership
3. Collecting Essential Information

 Selecting TCP/IP Parameters

 How many computers there are

 How many network segments there are

 Whether you will connect the network to the Internet

 Whether your new computers must interact with existing

ones
3. Collecting Essential Information

 Creating Accounts
 Establish a username (account name) formula

 Establish a proper password policy

 Prepare an access to resource mapping matrix

 Establish an account maintenance policy