Unit 36: Internet Server Management Unit 4 Project Design, Implementation and Evaluation HND in Computing and Systems Development Unit 36: Internet Server Management

LO1: Understand internet technologies Internet technologies and communication protocols: √√√ Internet services: √ Networking technologies and concepts:

Internet technologies and communication protocols: Internet technologies and communication protocols: protocols eg TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol), OSI (Open Systems Interconnection), DNS (Domain Name System), DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol); routing and remote access; telnet; ports and addresses; internet organisations eg ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), InterNIC (Internet Network Information Center), IEEE (Institute of Electric and Electronic Engineers); subnetting and supernetting

AC 1.1 critically evaluate different internet technologies and communication protocols

Task 1 Write a formal report (not more than 800 words) addressed to the directors of MWS. In this report you need to critically evaluate different internet technologies and communication protocols. In your report you need to: Explain the strengths and weaknesses of various internet technologies, including all those explored in the unit content, making recommendations as to whether these technologies are current and useful to the new company. Explain the strengths and weaknesses of various communication protocols, including all those explored in the unit content, making recommendations as to whether these technologies are current and useful to the new company.

Internet services services, eg intranet, email, e-Commerce, instant messaging, wikis, blogs, certificate services, directory services; internetworking servers eg ISP (Internet Service Provider), World Wide Web, FTP (File Transmission Protocol), database servers, e-Commerce servers, news servers, email servers, proxy servers, media servers, directory servers

AC 1.2 critically compare different internet services and internetworking servers

Task 2 Add an additional section to the report (no more than 900 words) In this second part of your report you need to: Critically compare the relative values of different internet services, recommending which ones should be implemented in MWS’ systems. Critically compare the relative values of different internetworking servers, recommending which ones will be of most value to MWS. Your conclusions should be justified by taking into account published evaluations of the services/servers from different sources and be fully referenced.

Networking technologies and concepts: Networking technologies and concepts: devices, eg hub, switch routers; network management concerns, eg client/server environment, user and group management, resources management, security, network attacks, firewall, ethical and legal issues, servers and server performances, user access issues

AC 1.3 discuss network management concerns and make recommendations to sustain network security, reliability and performance

Task 3 Add one further section to your report (no more than 700 words) discussing potential network management concerns. You should evaluate whether they would be significant to MWS and based on this analysis make recommendations to sustain network security, reliability and performance. Your conclusions should be justified by taking into account published discussion of network management concerns from different sources and be fully referenced.