Network Topology for a a new campus project
(Description) Scenario: • Universal Remedies is expanding their operations and have built a new campus in Salt Lake City, UT • They have regional offices in San Antonio, TX and Vancouver, BC, Canada but the headquarters are in Chicago, IL • The new campus consists of an 8,000 sq. ft. office building and a 6,000 sq. ft. laboratory building (both are single story), about a quarter mile apart (there is general landscaping, sidewalks, and a parking lot separating the two buildings). o Office building (FloorPlan_Office.png) The Regional Manager has an Administrative Assistant and 3 Secretaries The 2 IT staff share an office There are 7 people on the Marketing and Sales staff, split between 3 offices, the VP of Marketing gets their own office The Accountant and the HR rep share an office There are 4 people on the Training staff, split between 2 offices There is a Doctor on staff that has her own office Every office must have at least 6 network drops There is a small conference room which has a large screen for presentations and a conference phone There is a training classroom that should accommodate up to 30 students at a time Everyone needs Internet access and access to internal resources hosted at the headquarters o Laboratory (FloorPlan_PharmaLab.jpg) The Director of Operations has a Pharmacist and a Technician on staff and they share the Administration space • This space should be connected to the network in the other building and to the Internet The large Conference Room/Classroom can host up to 60 people at a time for various trainings or meetings • This space needs Internet connectivity for guests but needs to be shielded from the rest of the internal network • There should be 4 network drops that are connected to the internal network The Operations Lab consists mostly of test equipment, manufacturing equipment, and specialized medical equipment. • This space needs to have its own network that is isolated from all other networks and that is not connected to the Internet • There should be at least 30 network drops in this space The Control Room needs two network drops that are connected to the Operations Lab network and two drops that are connected to the internal network (and Internet) The Analytical Lab needs 4 network drops to the Operations Lab network and 4 connected to the internal network (and Internet) • There needs to be a guest network to provide access to visitors using the classroom spaces (there is a classroom space in both buildings) • There are services hosted in the cloud or at the Headquarters facility which internal users need access to
Objective: You are to provide a viable solution for: • Infrastructure of the new campus (including how to connect the two buildings) • Connectivity back to HQ and to the Internet • Security • Backup of data