INDP Final
Kudler Fine Foods Network Design Project
Introduction
This paper will present the Final Integrative Network Design outlining the cumulative plan that Kudler Fine Foods has accepted and agreed on for implementation of the following:
Final Network Design
The integrative network design project for Kudler Fine Foods will include Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) will be used as a means of communication within a private network or the internet for Kudler Fine Foods network devices. Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is used for transfer of multimedia files, video, sound, and text over the internet. Kudler Fine Foods will implement File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to download files, transfer files, delete files, copy and rename files from the internet as needed. Mesh Protocol will be used to connect all devices such as printers, computers, and scanners on the network. In a true mesh topology every node has a connection to every other node in the network ("Common Physical Network Topologies ", 2014).
The network will consist of a hardware firewall blocking unwanted access from outside of the location. The next step is to set up a hub or switch that will connect all of the stores terminals. All of these terminals such as registers and remote locations such as warehouse will be hardwired with twisted pair CAT 5 Ethernet cable. The server will be located in a room in each store with the hub or switch. A wireless access point/router will be centrally located in the store to provide good signal in every part of the store for employees using their handheld devices to be able to view and update the store inventory while on the sales floor
Since the blade servers are easily expanded upon, cost efficient, and energy efficient as well upgrading will be easy, for that reason a Cisco UCS E-Series Server, will be used at the new locations. Cisco UCS E-Series Server modules are next-generation,...