INDP, Part 1 – Riordan Manufacturing

INDP, Part 1 – Riordan Manufacturing Riordan Manufacturing defines itself as an industry leader in the field of plastic injection molding – they provide customizable injection molded plastic products to a number of industries and companies across the globe. They are currently seeking to update their global network that spans opposite ends of the globe. Through this upgrade to their current network, they would like to integrate all global locations with common WAN protocols, convert administration networks to WLANs, and bring VOIP to the whole corporation. In part one of this project, I will explain the current networks characteristics, components, and topology. Network Overview The below image explains the current network layout for Riordan Manufacturing. As the image shows, each of the four physical plant locations are all connected via a WAN connection. Each of the plants connects to the corporate hub location in San Jose. It should also be noted that, while the image does not define it, provided documentation explains that the WAN connection between San Jose and China locations is a satellite link (2013). Corporate and China Headquarters Both the corporate headquarters in San Jose, CA and the headquarters location in China have similar network layouts (expressed with a bus network topology) with a base of 100baseT (100 Mbps Ethernet). There are five sections provided in the diagram and explained within the documentation: administrative, R&D (research and development), the servers and storage, the power supply, and communications. Administrative Within the administrative section, there are 35 user computer stations utilized for four departmental functions which are connected via two 24 port switches: corporate and marketing, and finance and human relations. There are also 36 VOIP telephones and 8