IT245 IP5 Introduction to Network Management
Individual Project
Carol McClellan
February 10, 2014

Contents Identifying the Network 4 The Company Considered 4 The Networks Considered 4 Servers Applied 4 Roles of Network managers 4 Diagramming the Network 5 Legend for the Diagram 5 Diagram 6 Network Models 7 The Seven Layers of the OSI Model 7 Physical Layer 7 Data Link Layer 7 Network Layer 7 Transport Layer 7 Session Layer 8 Presentation Layer 8 Application Layer 8 FCAPS 9 Fault Management 9 Configuration Management 9 Accounting 10 Performance 10 Security 10 Protocols and Agents 12 Transport Layer 12 Application Layer 12 Presentation Layer 13 Session Layer 13 Network Layer 13 Data Link Layer 14 Physical Layer 14 Network Security 15 Network Management2 16 FOOTNOTES 18

Identifying the Network
The Company Considered I have decided to use Walmart for my individual project. It is an international company with 11,137 retail units in twenty-seven countries on five continents. It employs over two million people around the world.
The Networks Considered There are numerous networks that would be needed for an international company such as this. In addition to the ones used nationally, there would be others in relation to language and monetary differences and shipping differences. There would also be a more extensive requirement as far as tariffs and taxes. Some of the national ones would be taking orders, billing, order fulfillment, and order tracking
Servers Applied There are many reasons a company this big that would benefit from the use of servers. There are orders to be taken, bills to be paid, and payroll to be taken care of. The four I would definitely use are a file server, an application server, a list server, and a mail server. The file server would be used by people who