CNSA 271: Network Design              (3 Credits)

This is the first of two capstone courses in the CNSA curriculum (the second is CNSA 276, Practical Applications) that will require students to rely heavily upon the knowledge and skills acquired from their entire previous course experiences. Students will assume the role of true enterprise architects to design and implement a “live” network.  Students will work in project management teams, each of which will create and manage a Windows Active Directory domain that will include a domain controller and DNS server.  The project teams will manage all accounts (i.e., user, group, computer, security) in their respective domains, and will integrate non-Windows servers into the enterprise.  Finally, the project teams will prepare the domain for the implementation of an enterprise messaging (e-mail) system in the CNSA 276 course.  In designing their enterprise domains, the teams will conduct appropriate research, analyze and evaluate enterprise requirements and specifications, and document the network design.

 

Prerequisites:  CNSA 266

In addition, students should have the following knowledge and skills prior to starting the course. This knowledge and these skills should have been acquired in previous courses in the CNSA curriculum; however, in some cases it may be necessary for a student to acquire this knowledge and these skills through additional study during the course.

·         Knowledge of the fundamentals of networking technology.

·         Experience supporting a network or successful completion of a networking essentials course.

 

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