Kudler Fine Foods Integrated Network Design Project/CIS500

Kudler Fine Foods Integrated Network Design Project Network’s fundamental characteristics and network components The company I chose to do my paper on is Kudler Fine Foods they have three different locations the home office is La Jolla, a Del Mar store, and the Encinitas store on their network that are interconnected on a WAN through a T3 line. The La Jolla stores network is built around a 100baseT environment the main server is an IBM blade server system C3000 that uses UNIX, and backed up with a10TB NAS, and 5KVA APD UPS that provides power backup. This server runs the corporate SAP ERP SW, the network services, e-mail, storage control, printer/file services, and the Internet. The retail store uses NCR Real POS 82XRT POS terminals and systems. At this time they have 19 Dell Vostro computers that share 3 HP networked printers these components are used by corporate management and other admin personnel. The communication that comes in or out of the La Jolla store runs through 2 cisco routers, and firewalls they help to provide an inter-store dedicated network and a separate 25Mbps link to the Ethernet. This location also has 19 VOIP phones. Del Mar and Encinitas Store Networks both are basically the same as the La Jolla store the only differences are they both have 6 Dell Vostro computers with 1 HP laser jet multifunction networked printer, and 6 VOIP phones per store (Apollo Group, Inc., 2013). These networks allow the sharing of resources and make it cheaper to set up the network and save on costs. The networked computers can share centralized key computer programs such as inventory spreadsheets, or a customer’s information this allows users to have the same program so he or she can work on the program simultaneously. Additionally, the network supports automated unattended backup of contents and valuables that make it easy to backup essential files without wasting time. Use of Ethernet in KFF ensures that computers listen to the cable before transmitting data through the network (Cisco Inc., 2000). Ethernet uses carrier sense multiple access method that allows computers to send information based on network traffic, Ethernet allows data transmission, if not, the sen...

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