Senior Design – Spring 2009 Richard Gory Focus: Networking & Web

 Introduction  Statement of the Problem  Product Description & Intended Use  Deliverables  Design & Development  Proof of Design  Needs & Solutions Brief  Conclusion

Introduction  Jim Brown Independent Insurance Agency (Bowling Green, KY)  Limited systems experience  4 existing systems  Software: Word, Excel, Insurance Adjustments  No centralized resources / backup strategy  Systems function independently  No Web presence

Introduction (Current Configuration)

Product Description & Intended Use  Provide a cost-effective and reliable system to consolidate company data  Implement Local Area Network (LAN)  Deploy Virtual Servers (Windows Server 2008)  Data backup to Network Attached Storage (NAS) device  Develop Web Site

User Profile  Network Administrator  AD Domain & Enterprise Admin  Local Workstation Admin  Complete System Access  Supervisor User  Complete access to all network file shares  General User  Access to general-purpose file shares only

Design Protocols (Virtual Host Server)  Dell T105 Server  64-bit AMD Opteron Quad-Core Processor  8Gb RAM  500Gb Disk  Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008

Design Protocols (Virtual Server #1)  Active Directory Domain Controller  DNS  DHCP  File & Print Services  Host Network Shares  Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (Std. Edition)

Design Protocols (Virtual Server #2)  IIS Web Server  Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (Web Edition)

Design Protocols (continued)  Group Policy  Redirect My Documents & Desktop Folders  Login Script  System Backup  Windows Server Backup 2008  Stored on NAS device (Buffalo HS-DH 1Tb)  Volume Shadow Copy  Allows users to recover deleted files

Design Protocols (New Configuration)

Design Protocols (Web Site)  Development Tools  Microsoft Expression Studio 2  Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)  GIMP  General Information  Company Overview  Services Offered  Service Area  Claim Assignment Submission Information  Contact Information

Deliverables (Technical)  Dell T105 Virtual Host Server  Virtual Server #1 (AD, DNS, DHCP, File & Print)  Virtual Server #2 (IIS Web Server)  Virtual XP Workstation (Client Access Testing)  Web Site

Deliverables (Documentation)  System Installation & Setup Guide  System Administration & Maintenance Guide  Disaster Recovery Plan  Security Audit  Hypervisor Comparison  Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008  VMware ESXi

Design & Development (Budget)

Design & Development (Timeline)

Design & Development (Hardware)  Dell T bit Quad-Core Server  Buffalo HS-DH1.0TGL/R5 Terastation (NAS)  Netgear FS port 10/100 Ethernet Switch

Design & Development (Software)  Windows Server 2008  Host Server (Hyper-V)  Virtual Server #1 (Standard Edition)  Virtual Server #2 (Web Edition)  Microsoft Expression Studio 2  GIMP

Design & Development (Testing)  System Testing  Hardware Diagnostics / Burn-In  Monitor System & Application Logs  Backup & Restore  Web Site  User Acceptance Testing  Login Script  Folder Redirection  Shared Folder Access

Design & Development (Risk Management)

Proof of Design (Demonstration) Let’s take a look at the system…

Needs & Solutions Brief  No centralized resources  No system backup strategy  No Web presence  Budgetary constraints  Lax system security  No disaster recovery plan  Agency personnel has limited systems experience

Conclusion  Agency faced numerous Information Technology challenges  Agency greatly benefits from using virtualization technology to consolidate & protect company data  Web site provides market visibility  Project solves challenges faced by Jim Brown Independent Insurance Agency