Workplace delivery of ICA50405 – Diploma of Information Technology (Networking)
Network design – Lab 1
Assessment cover sheet
Network design – Lab 1
Student’s name / Student’s IDQualification / ICA50405 – Diploma of Information Technology (Networking)
Assessment / Network design
Units of competency / National ID / Title
ICAA5144B / Determine best-fit topology for a local network
ICAA5145B / Identify best-fit topology for a wide area network
Assessment description
This assessment covers the performance criteria for the above units of competency.
Due date / Date submitted
Student’s declaration
Yes / No
q / q / I/We have read and understood the details of the assessment.
q / q / I/We have been informed of the conditions of the assessment and the appeals process.
q / q / I/We agree to participate in this assessment.
q / q / I/We certify that the attached is my/our own work.
Student’s signature / Date
Assessment results
q / Not yet competent / q / Competent
Comments/Feedback from assessor to student
Comments/Feedback from student to assessor
Assessor’s name / Date
Assessor’s signature
Student’s name / Date
Student’s signature
Instructions for students
1. In order to meet the criteria, you will need to complete all parts of this assessment.
2. This assessment can be done during class time or outside of class time.
3. Discussion with other team members is encouraged however all work submitted must be substantially your own.
4. You may be required to explain or demonstrate your understanding of any component of this assessment.
5. If you are quoting work that is not your own it must be appropriately referenced.
6. Submitted work must meet presentation standards appropriate to the workplace or your registered training organisation, eg header/footer, consistent formatting, spelling, grammar.
7. All work must be submitted by the due date.
8. If you have any questions please see your trainer.
Performance measurement
1. You will need to complete all components without errors.
2. All files are to be correctly saved with appropriate names or as instructed.
3. Failure to do either of these tasks will result in a non-submission of assessment.
Date / <RTO to enter date>Assessment / Network design – Lab 1
Assessment tasks / 1. Demonstrate each completed lab exercise to your trainer.
2. Submit the completed lab with answers to all questions.
3. Paste your final configurations at the end of each completed lab.
Submission checklist
Please make sure that you have the following documentation ready for submission.
Background information / qBusiness goals / q
Technical goals / q
Network design – Lab 1
Reading
Recommended textOppenheimer, P 2004, Top-Down Network Design, Cisco Press, London.
Read Chapter 1 Analyzing Business Goals and Constraints.
Read Chapter 2 Analyzing Technical Goals and Tradeoffs.
Lab exercises
Go to the Cisco® website at www.cisco.com and download and read the case study titled:
‘Airport’s Common Use Model Relies on Modular Switches’.
Group discussion
In a group discuss what are the business and technical goals of this case study.
· How do you think the technical goals were prioritised?
Create documentation
Use the information in the case study and the ideas discussed in your group to write a part of the documentation for this case study.
You are to create:
· background information
· business goals
· technical goals.
Refer to the example documentation ‘An Example of a Campus Network Design’ in the recommended text, (page 242).
Trainer sign off
The following documentation will need to be sighted for evidence.
Background informationBusiness goals
Technical goals
Trainer’s name
Date
Paste or attach you documentation here.
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