Network Design For A Hospital

Hardware Requirements

The report has been used for the description of the network design created for the hospital. The main aim of the project is establishment of the network according to the requirements stated by the clients and also establishment of the efficient connectivity across the whole network. The report provides the details of the network topology to be used for the organization and also the details of the configurations used in the network.

For the development of the project various type of hardware are required and this hardware are to be set up according to the requirement of the organization. The main hardware requirements as stated by the organization are:

3 servers and 20 network points which would be used for spreading the network throughout the building.

Hence, there would be requirement of CAT 5 cables for the connection from the machines in the network.  

The name of the network devices has been provided for the network which includes the name, series, model and ports:

Device	Manufacturer’s name	Series	Model	Ports
Building 1
Building 1 router	Cisco	800	Cisco 812 ISR	Serial ports -3 Ethernet ports – 3 Console – 1
Ground Floor Switch	Cisco	Small Business 100 Series Unmanaged Switches	SG100-24 24-Port Gigabit Switch	24
Level 1 Switch	Cisco	Small Business 100 Series Unmanaged Switches	SG100-24 24-Port Gigabit Switch	24
Level 2 Switch	Cisco	Small Business 100 Series Unmanaged Switches	SG100-24 24-Port Gigabit Switch	24
Level 3 Switch	Cisco	Small Business 100 Series Unmanaged Switches	SG100-24 24-Port Gigabit Switch	24
Level 4 Switch	Cisco	Small Business 100 Series Unmanaged Switches	SG100-24 24-Port Gigabit Switch	24
PC 1 – 29		WinPC		3
Building 2
Building 2 router	Cisco	800	Cisco 812 ISR	Serial ports -3 Ethernet ports – 3 Console – 1
Ground Floor Switch	Cisco	Small Business 100 Series Unmanaged Switches	SG100-24 24-Port Gigabit Switch	24
Level 1 Switch	Cisco	Small Business 100 Series Unmanaged Switches	SG100-24 24-Port Gigabit Switch	24
Level 2 Switch	Cisco	Small Business 100 Series Unmanaged Switches	SG100-24 24-Port Gigabit Switch	24
Level 3 Switch	Cisco	Small Business 100 Series Unmanaged Switches	SG100-24 24-Port Gigabit Switch	24
Level 4 Switch	Cisco	Small Business 100 Series Unmanaged Switches	SG100-24 24-Port Gigabit Switch	24
Building 3
Building 3 router	Cisco	800	Cisco 812 ISR	Serial ports -3 Ethernet ports – 3 Console – 1
Ground Floor Switch	Cisco	Small Business 100 Series Unmanaged Switches	SG100-24 24-Port Gigabit Switch	24
Level 1 Switch	Cisco	Small Business 100 Series Unmanaged Switches	SG100-24 24-Port Gigabit Switch	24
Level 2 Switch	Cisco	Small Business 100 Series Unmanaged Switches	SG100-24 24-Port Gigabit Switch	24
Level 3 Switch	Cisco	Small Business 100 Series Unmanaged Switches	SG100-24 24-Port Gigabit Switch	24
Level 4 Switch	Cisco	Small Business 100 Series Unmanaged Switches	SG100-24 24-Port Gigabit Switch	24
Server Room
Server Room Router	Cisco	UCS C-Series Rack Servers	UCS C480 M5 Rack Server	Serial ports -3 Ethernet ports – 3 Console – 1
ISP	Cisco	3640	2811	Serial ports -3 Ethernet ports – 3 Console – 1
Server Switch	Cisco	Small Business 100 Series Unmanaged Switches	SG100-24 24-Port Gigabit Switch	24
Firewall 1		Ip Phone	7961	24
Firewall 2		Ip Phone	7961	24
Server 1	Cisco	UCS C-Series Rack Servers	UCS C480 M5 Rack Server	Serial ports -3 Ethernet ports – 3 Console – 1
Server 2	Cisco	UCS C-Series Rack Servers	UCS C480 M5 Rack Server	Serial ports -3 Ethernet ports – 3 Console – 1
Server 3	Cisco	UCS C-Series Rack Servers	UCS C480 M5 Rack Server	Serial ports -3 Ethernet ports – 3 Console – 1
Cables		CAT 5

Table 1: Network hardware requirements table

Source: (Created by Author)

In addition to this, there are a number of PC which are to be added to the in the network. The system should be configured with intel i5 processors, 4 GB of RAM and 1 GB of graphics memory would be enough for the PCs. The PCs would be running on the Windows Operating System.

The network topology has been set up for the organization according to the details provided by them. It has been informed that the buildings are located 500 meters apart from each other however both the buildings have the similar structure that would be 10 rooms each of the floors and 5 wards for the patients where a PC each has to be attached. Additionally, it has been informed that there are three buildings with identical configurations where the each of the rooms would be having at least 2 points for the connection to the network. In addition to this, each of the ward in the hospital should be having around three network access points which would enable them to get connected to the network. Among the three buildings a building is to be selected where the sever room is to be maintained and this room would be consisting of three server machines. The server room should be having around 20 ports of the network to be connected to the servers and the PC which have been installed in the system. The internet is also to be made available in the system and the internet connection is to be spread throughout the network.

Network Topology

Figure 1: Network Topology

Source: (Created by Author)

Network device configurations

The network is to be configured according to the requirements provided by the organization, hence the system which have been installed in the network and the addressing is to be done accordingly which would be helpful for the whole network to connect with the device and gain access to the network and the internet services running in the network.

1. Switch configuration

The switch is a very important device in the network. It is used for the connection of the different type of peripherals and devices in the network. The configurations for the switch used in the network has been provided below:

The hostname of the switch has been changed from Switch which is a by default to the name XIAN by using the command hostname XIAN

The clock on the switch XIAN has been set to 17:00:00 29 Aug 2018 using the command clock set. The time in the switch has also been displayed using the show clock command.

The file name and the version of IOS on switch XIAN has been displayed using the command show version.

All the current configuration of the switch XIAN has been show here using the command show running-config.

The names of the interfaces are provided above which has been shown using the command show ip interface brief.

The IOS modes in the switch XIAN has been displayed using the command conf ter.

1. Router configuration

The router is very important device in the network which is used for routing the packets in the network appropriately. The configurations used in the routers are provided below:

The hostname of the router has been changed from Router which is by default name to the name XIAN by using the command hostname XIAN

The clock on the router XIAN has been set to 16:45:00 20 sep 2018 using the command clock set. The time in the router has also been displayed using the show clock command.

The file name and the version of IOS on router XIAN has been displayed using the command show version.

All the current configuration of the router XIAN has been show here using the command show running-config.

The names of the interfaces in the router are provided above which has been shown using the command show ip interface brief.

The IOS modes in the router XIAN has been displayed using the command conf ter.

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