Team B - Integrative Network Design Project

Jacob Acuna, Susan Granata, David Teague

University of Phoenix - NTC/362

Ronald Bowell

October 26, 2015

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Kudler Fine Foods is a purveyor of specialty and gourmet foods in the San Diego, CA. area. They currently have three locations: the home office in La Jolla, CA., and two store locations in Del Mar, CA. and Encinitas, CA. Kudler is in need of a new network design and topology that will address multiple issues faced in a growing enterprise. The new network must incorporate a new network topology to reduce downtime and ensure that functionality will remain if one or two devices are down. In addition, a VoIP system must be installed over the network, along with an internal WLAN in each store. The WAN will tie all three stores together to increase collaboration and network file sharing, and the new network must be easily scalable to support growth of the company and integration of future stores. Of utmost priority is the security of the network. The sensitive nature of credit card processing makes Kudler Fine Foods a prime victim for cyber threats, and therefore policies must be put in place to protect the customer and employee data.

Network Characteristics and Components

The current network characteristics and components for the Del Mar store starts with a small office scenario that is accompanied by six Dell Vostro computers for management. All six computers are running Windows 7 and all have an 802.11n for connectivity. This store has a total of three Point Of Sale (POS) terminals and a POS server to run and control the POS terminals. The POS terminals are NCR RealPOS 82XRT and have scanners, cash drawers, touch screens, and printers. The server is connected to each POS terminal and also to the 100base T Ethernet.

In the server room at this location we have a HP Blade