Software development project

ITC306/308 Proposed Systems Admin / Network Engineering Case Study Scenario

You work for Virtucon Pty Ltd and have been contracted by Globex Corporation to design and build their new corporate network. Globex Corporation have three offices: one in Albury, NSW, one in Griffith, NSW and one in Wagga Wagga, NSW. Each site has a local Windows Server and all sites are configured with their own domain. Each site makes use of resources from other sites and all sites use a cloud based web server that hosts a secure Intranet and provides an NFS share for cloud based backups.

WAGGA WAGGA OFFICE NETWORK

Windows Server Environment - Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 (Active Directory / Group Policy / NTFS Permissions /File Server / DHCP configuration / DNS configuration / Backups + Terminal Server)

Uses Local Terminal Server, Albury for Exchange Server, Griffith for Sharepoint and Cloud Servers for Intranet / NFS / VOIP / Web Conferencing

System requirements: dedicated hardware server/s that supports hardware virtualisation (suggest Core i5/4GB)

ALBURY OFFICE NETWORK

Windows Server Environment - Server 2012 R2 (Active Directory / Group Policy / NTFS Permissions /File Server / DHCP configuration / DNS configuration / Backups + Exchange Server)

Uses Wagga Wagga Terminal Server, Local Exchange Server, Griffith for Sharepoint and Cloud Servers for Intranet / NFS / VOIP / Web Conferencing

System requirements: hardware server or virtual box server/s (suggest Core i5/4GB)

GRIFFITH OFFICE NETWORK

Windows Server Environment - Server 2012 R2 (Active Directory / Group Policy / NTFS Permissions /File Server / DHCP configuration / DNS configuration / Backups + Sharepoint)

Uses Wagga Terminal Server, Albury Exchange Server, Local Sharepoint Server and Cloud Servers for Intranet / NFS / VOIP / Web Conferencing

System requirements: hardware server or virtual box server/s (suggest Core i5/4GB)

VOIP CLOUD NETWORK

Linux Server located within Amazon Web Services with (Linux / Apache / MySQL / PHP / Backups / OpenVPN / DNS / SNMP / NTP + FreePBX (VOIP))

System requirements: AWS account with free tier eligible micro instance or equivalent

WEBCONFERENCE CLOUD NETWORK

Linux Server located within Amazon Web Services with (Linux / Apache / MySQL / PHP / Backups / OpenVPN / DNS / SNMP / NTP + Open Meetings (Web Conferencing))

System requirements: AWS account with free tier eligible micro instance or equivalent

STORAGE CLOUD NETWORK

Linux Server located within Amazon Web Services with (Linux / Apache / MySQL / PHP / Backups / OpenVPN / DNS / SNMP / NTP + NFS)

System requirements: AWS account with free tier eligible micro instance or equivalent

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

All networks must connect to each via a Virtual Private Network in a full mesh topology and all networks must connect directly to the cloud servers via HTTPS for the Intranet and over a VPN for access to NFS / VOIP / WEB CONFERENCING).

How the Case Study will work

This case study is designed to be completed in groups of four. It is expected that each individual student will be responsible for the design and build of either WAGGA / ALBURY / GRIFFITH / VOIP CLOUD / WEB CONF CLOUD / STORAGE CLOUD
Your group must work together to determine how to create your full mesh network (IPSec tunnels using hardware routers or OpenVPN are two options).
Each team member is also responsible for providing a configuration guide for the shared part of their local network to other team members and for assisting with getting these remote sites connected / tested
Marks will be allocated, as per the rubric for each assessment item on an individual basis.
Students are encouraged to work closely together to develop a cohesive submission for each assessment item, but will still be required to submit individually.
Students will nominate tasks (i.e. Albury, Wagga, Griffith, Cloud) in order of preference and will be put into groups. We will endeavour to give you your first choice and you will have the option to decline participation if you are not given your first choice (assuming you have a suitable alternative project). Students will also nominate preferred network technology (OpenVPN / Cisco Hardware (BYO) )

In the case of groups with 3 students one site (WAGGA/ALBURY/GRIFFITH/CLOUD) will be considered out of scope.

If a team member withdraws from the subject their site is considered out of scope and will not impact your grade.

If all members of your team other than you withdraw from the subject you will be placed into another group using the same networking technology.

If a member of your team fails to get their local network services working or you cannot connect to them but you can connect to at least one other team member this will not impact your grade.