COMU426 - Designing Enterprise Internetworking Solutions



Announcements:

Resits
Please see resit information under Assessment below.

Module Descriptor:

COMU426 Module Descriptor

Lecture Notes:

1.Network Design Principles - handouts(PDF) | slides(PPT)
2. Network Design Methodology  - handouts(PDF) | slides(PPT)
3. Network Structure Models -  handouts(PDF) | slides(PPT)
4. LAN Design -  handouts(PDF) | slides(PPT)
5. WAN Technologies -  handouts(PDF) | slides(PPT)
6. Designing WAN Solutions -  handouts(PDF) | slides(PPT)
7. WAN Backup Options and Sample WAN Designs -  handouts(PDF) | slides(PPT)
8. VPN and DSL WAN Design -  handouts(PDF) | slides(PPT)
9. Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) -  handouts(PDF) | slides(PPT)
10. Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) -  handouts(PDF) | slides(PPT)
11. Routing Protocol Selection Criteria  -  handouts(PDF) | slides(PPT)
13. OSPF Characteristics -  handouts(PDF) | slides(PPT)
15. Common Security Flaws and Monitoring -  handouts(PDF) | slides(PPT)
16. SAFE Blueprint and the Security Ecosystem -  handouts(PDF) | slides(PPT)
17. Traditional Voice Architectures and Integrated Voice Design -  handouts(PDF) | slides(PPT)
18. Network Management Technologies -  handouts(PDF) | slides(PPT)
19. Network Management Functionality  -  handouts(PDF) | slides(PPT)

Tutorials:

Tutorial 1
Tutorial 2
Tutorial 3
Tutorial 4
Tutorial 5
Tutorial 6
Tutorial 7
Tutorial 8
Tutorial 9
Tutorial 10

Note that full tutorial solutions will not be made available here.  If you have specific questions about the tutorials please ask me.

Labs:

Case Study Scenario
Case Study 1 | solution
Case Study 2 | solution

Assessment:
The total mark for this module is derived from COURSEWORK, worth 40% of the total, and an EXAM, worth 60% of the total.

Coursework details:
Network Design Document :
Resubmission deadline is Monday 11th August 2008
Please submit via Blackboard on Monday 11th, and submit paper copy to me on Wed 13th.
Specification

Exam details:
3 hours, answer 4 questions from 6

Past Papers:
The following papers are available:

May 2007
January 2006
Exemplar paper 2005/06

Reading List:
Required book:
Cisco CCDA Exam Certification Guide: CCDA Self-Study, 2nd Edition (Bruno & Kim), Cisco Press, ISBN 1587200767
(Note: 3rd Edition, by Bruno & Jordan, is now available and may also be used. ISBN 1587201771)

Other relevant reading (see Module Descriptor for further reading):
Top-Down Network Design, 2nd Edition  (Oppenheimer,Cisco Press, ISBN 1587051524)

CCDA Self-study: Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions  (Teare, Cisco Press, ISBN 1587051419

Staff:
Jim Paterson, Room M628, 0141 331 3028, James.Paterson-at-gcal.ac.uk

Dimitrios Liarokapis, Room M714, Dimitrios.Liarokapis-at-gcal.ac.uk

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