Table of Contents
Module 1 - Identify Customer Needs
Section 1 - Characterize the Existing Network
Pretty Paper Ltd.: Solution
1. What are the customer’s current applications?
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Prime business applications operate via asynchronous terminals.
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Quark Express runs on Macintosh computers.
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We assume other office and personal productivity software.
2. What are the customer’s current protocols?
3. Draw a high-level topology of the customer’s
current network.
4. Document the customer’s business constraints:
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The entire upgrade most occur within three months.
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New client/server software is to be purchased and installed.
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Pattern designs are to be delivered over LAN and WAN.
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There are parallel operations with the legacy system.
5. Identify new applications or old applications
that will use the new networking structure.
|
Name and Type of Application
|
Protocols
|
# of Users
|
# of Hosts or Servers
|
Peak Usage Hours
|
| Quark Express |
AppleTalk |
29 (21 local and 8 at warehouses) |
3 servers |
3 to 6 p.m. |
| Oracle |
TCP/IP |
~121-171 |
1 |
6 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
| Lotus SmartSuite |
IPX |
171 |
3 |
6 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
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