Assignment Detail:- MN506 System Management - Group report, with individual demonstration-
Assessment - Network Servers, Installation and Configuration
Learning Outcome 1: Analyse and compare various server management systems;
Learning Outcome 2: Compare emerging tools and techniques for system management;
Learning Outcome 3: Analyse human usability in systems and documentation within the context of constantly changing modern industry requirements;
Learning Outcome 4: Plan and implement various application servers for an organisation
Learning Outcome 5: Manage servers and resources to support enterprise information systems
Assignment Description
Form a group of -3- students and inform your lab tutor of the names and student IDs of your group members- Assume that your group is hired by a client company to develop a networked system for their required services as described in the scenario-
Your task in this assignment is to analyse client requirements, design solutions, implement, configure, and troubleshoot implemented solutions, and finally to prepare a system documentation report meeting the client requirements and following a standard industry template- Detailed requirements are provided below:
Question 1- Based on the scenario given below, -i- analyse client requirements, -ii- identify and propose the required servers and server roles -services-, and -iii- provide required configurations for the scenario-
Question 2- Perform the configurations using either virtually or physically installed server OS to realise the scenario- Students can use Windows Server 2012 or a higher version, or Linux server if appropriate- Your submission should include screenshots of each important step-
Question 3- Prepare a detailed system documentation report- This report will serve as an important part of backup and disaster recovery documentation- As such, you must consider human usability factors and include the configurations using description of each important step, and screenshots corresponding to those in a way that will be useful to the target users of the document- Essential sections of the documentation are provided in the marking guide, however, you can include additional sections if deemed useful- You should explain how documentation of network changes should be handled and how documentation can aid the troubleshooting process by keeping a record of common issues-
This documentation report -one report per group- is to be submitted on Moodle in Week-11-
Question 4- Use your configured system to demonstrate individually the implemented scenario during your week-12 lab- Individual understanding will be tested during your demonstration-
Scenario
You are the system administrator for a private company, called Servers and Services PTY, that is moving into a new building- The Servers and Services has 100 full-time employees, as well as up to another 50 that either work part-time or perform short-term contract work- Each full-time employee will have a dedicated workstation; most also have a laptop- The part-time/contract staff have their own or company-supplied laptops- There will also be several spare workstations- They have four departments: IT, HR, customer service, and Marketing- All objects -e-g-, users, computers, etc-- belonging to these departments need to be created within their respective OU for their own department- The client requires the following LAN services:
Workstations, Laptops and Servers
The Servers and Services PTY has grown quite quickly- Initially when there were just a few friends, they used all online services -e-g- Google Docs, GitHub, DropBox-- But now as they move into the new building, they have decided to use their own infrastructure- Most of the employees work in a distributed mode, working on their own computers and sharing resources direct with colleagues, however there are several centralised services required- Specifically, they have identified the need for the following- Included are the selected names-
1- Windows web server, called Servers and Services, to host a simple company website- The website is developed using, CSS, JavaScript, and ASP by one full-time employee, with assistance by one contractor-
2- Backup server, called BackSS, to store a backup of the web, and other servers on the network-
3- DHCP server, called DHCPSS, to provide dynamic IP addresses to workstations and laptops, and fixed IP addresses to other servers -based on MAC addresses-- Only necessary full-time staff have access-
4- Centralised user authentication
5- All computers should acquire the IP addresses automatically from a server
6- Hosting of their own website using their own server
7- The company wants to store all the files on a separate file server and only users with appropriate access will be able to access them -not every user should have access to the files-- You can assume which users/groups will have access to these files, and state your assumption clearly-
8- Table of servers, with MAC addresses, allocated IP addresses, client IP address ranges-
9- Installation and configuration details of all the servers-
10- Explain why you designed the backup in the way you did, for example, explain your recommended frequencies of backup-
11- Details of a password policy and its implementation- The policy should be appropriate to the organisation, and detail exactly how it is implemented in the system-
Attachment:- System Management-rar
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