INDP Final Project
Jillian Bartle
University Of Phoenix
04/27/2015
Individual Final Project
NTC/362 Fundamentals of Networking
Dean McIntyre
The Patton-Fuller Community Hospital looks to upgrade their Information Technology (IT) capability beginning with their networks. The characteristics, components, and topology are evaluated to properly identify the needs for the new network design. The plan includes converting to a Wireless Local Area Network otherwise known as (WLAN), installing a Voice over Internet Protocol otherwise known as (VoIP), and design a Wide Area Network (WAN).
The plan also includes the hospital maintaining all Macintosh® computers.
Administration/Clinical Overview
* The administrative departments run off of a 1000 Base-T Ethernet provided by a CAT 6 cable which is also the entire hospital’s network backbone. Clinical department networks however are provided by a 1000 Base-F Ethernet provided by a single mode fiber. The clinics feed into a
Cisco Catalyste 3560 Switch as the network bridge that links the two together. All workstations are Apple iMAC or MAC Pros with the executive management, senior managers, and the data center workstations as having a wireless communication card installed.
* IT Data Center
* The data center is comprised of the hospital HIS system. The mainframe of the HIS is connected by a 4 gigabit fiber link to a 10 terabyte Network Area Storage (NAS) device. The data center’s workstations are all Apple iMACs that run a MAC OS X from a remote desktop.
Virtualization allows for operating Windows and Linux OS or applications. The workstations also run a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS). The data center also host a
Remote Access Server (RAS), Windows exchange, and Internet server bridged by Cisco routers of which one is assigned as a Virtual Private Network (VPN).
* Topology
* A traditional LAN standard for Ethernets is a logical characteristic of a bus topology. Other options are tree,
University Of Phoenix
04/27/2015
Individual Final Project
NTC/362 Fundamentals of Networking
Dean McIntyre
The Patton-Fuller Community Hospital looks to upgrade their Information Technology (IT) capability beginning with their networks. The characteristics, components, and topology are evaluated to properly identify the needs for the new network design. The plan includes converting to a Wireless Local Area Network otherwise known as (WLAN), installing a Voice over Internet Protocol otherwise known as (VoIP), and design a Wide Area Network (WAN).
The plan also includes the hospital maintaining all Macintosh® computers.
Administration/Clinical Overview
* The administrative departments run off of a 1000 Base-T Ethernet provided by a CAT 6 cable which is also the entire hospital’s network backbone. Clinical department networks however are provided by a 1000 Base-F Ethernet provided by a single mode fiber. The clinics feed into a
Cisco Catalyste 3560 Switch as the network bridge that links the two together. All workstations are Apple iMAC or MAC Pros with the executive management, senior managers, and the data center workstations as having a wireless communication card installed.
* IT Data Center
* The data center is comprised of the hospital HIS system. The mainframe of the HIS is connected by a 4 gigabit fiber link to a 10 terabyte Network Area Storage (NAS) device. The data center’s workstations are all Apple iMACs that run a MAC OS X from a remote desktop.
Virtualization allows for operating Windows and Linux OS or applications. The workstations also run a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS). The data center also host a
Remote Access Server (RAS), Windows exchange, and Internet server bridged by Cisco routers of which one is assigned as a Virtual Private Network (VPN).
* Topology
* A traditional LAN standard for Ethernets is a logical characteristic of a bus topology. Other options are tree,
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