Networking
... customer service and support, than what is offered by either Dell or HP. IBM technicians have access to the largest parts inventory available and that they can access it twenty-four hours a day three hundred and sixty-five days a year. Because of this excellent customer support IBM is highly recommended. The proposed users of this system are mainly clerks and sales representatives. There will be one manager in each branch and the clerks and sales representatives will have there own groups. User Group Manager Mr. Manyweeds Business Accountant B John Business Accountant S Denials Business Accountant J Muller Business Clerk B Saunders Sales Clerk W McDonald Sales Sales Representative T Acton Sales Sales Representative A Burner Sales Sales Representative B Forker Sales Sales Representative A Lee Sales Users and groups (Table one) Design the solution For each branch of Manyweeds Fine Wines there will be one server. This server will have a minimum of the following components. Server Specification Intel P4 3.0 GHz processor with hyper-threading 1024 megabyte ECC RAM 1.44 FDD Dual 130 watt minimum necessary power supply 3 x 74 Gigabyte SCSI HDD RAID 5 DVD-ROM Tape Data backup 150 Gigabyte 10/100 NIC Modem 56 Kilobits/sec 3 year on site four hour response warranty UPS for the switch and the server The system files will be on partition (c:) with 20 Gigabyte of space All the data on the system (d:) including all the users home directories Use switch 24 port 100 Megabits/sec 3com UTP cat 5 cabling $3800 Employees at Manyweeds Fine Wines that have a job working at the business will have the following workstation specification. Workstation Specification Intel P4 2.8 GHz processor with hyper-threading Microsoftฎ Windows XP Professional 512 megabyte 400 MHz DDR RAM 40 Gigabyte EIDE HDD 10/100 NIC CD-RW optical drive 6 x $1436 $8616 Other employees that work away from the main business like the sails representatives will be given a notebook for easy of use on the road and mobility. Notebook Specification Intelฎ Pentiumฎ M Processor 1.70GHz Microsoft Windows XP Professional 512 megabyte RAM 60 Gigabyte HDD 15.0 inch TFT Screen CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo 4 x $2879 $11516 The users will be organised in to groups. All the sales representatives will be in a group that will have access to sales information. The manager will have his own personal group that has access to most of the information on the branch that he is running. The manager will not have administration privileges because these privileges are in the hands of a person with medium level computer skills and could very well be dangerous to his personal system, as well as every one elses systems. The Clerks will have the ability to access all the sales files in their groups. The accountants have a special group that has access to all the finance side of the business. Security of the computer systems in this information age is continually getting more difficult, so the precautions that are taken must be up to date and the company must be prepared to run under a strict security policy. All the employees working for Mr Manyweeds should attend a seminar on password protection and the correct creation on them, so that penetrating the system is a lot more difficult. With the Internet being connected to each branch through the servers, threats become even more likely. To combat this, a tool called a firewall will be implied. This firewall is like a barrier to the Internet. The employees can use it as normal but hackers and other indecent people cant gain access to Mr. Manyweeds extremely important business. The server on the system is the holder of all information in the business, so the server must have a matrix of different security systems; file system security is one of these. File system security is the security on the HDD, which on Windows NT 4.0 is the ability to specifically specify who can access certain files and times this access is permitted. The ability to transport computers has grown over the last decade. With the advancement of the notebook transporting computers has become a breeze. The sales representatives, having to move all over the country would greatly benefit from the notebook. Notebooks being so small cost a bunch more then the common desktops there for all the people in office that have no need to have a portable system can benefit from a desktop. The installation process will be a bit of a mess but to minimise disruption the network will be installed progressively, room-by-room so the business will not be too inconvenienced. I assume that the building the system is being installed in has got suffice power and ventilation. It is assumed that the ceiling cavity is wide enough so that the technicians can get in there to install the UTP. Implemen...