Unit 27 Network Operating Systems

Unit 27 Network Operating Systems

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Unit 27 Network Operating Systems

Assignment Brief

BTEC Level 4-5 HNC/HND Diploma

	To be filled by the Student
	Full Name of the Student	:
	Edexcel No	:		IDM Registration No:	Batch No:
	HND Qualification	: Higher National Diploma in Computing and Software Development
	Unit Code & Title	: 27 Network Operating Systems
	Assessment Title & No’s	: XYZ Company
	Assessor Name	: Mr. Disnaka Punchihewa

Learning outcomes and grading opportunities: Pass Criteria

LO 01: Understand network operating systems principles

Learning Outcomes

LO1.1LO1.2LO1.3

LO 02: Be able to plan the implementation of network operating systems

Learning Outcomes

LO2.1

LO2.2

LO 03: Be able to implement network operating systems

Learning Outcomes

LO3.1

LO3.2

LO3.3

LO 04: Be able to manage network operating systems

Learning Outcomes

LO4.1

LO4.2

LO4.3

Merit and Distinction Criteria

M1.3

M2.3

M3.3

D1.1

D2.3

D3.3

Assignment Issued Date: 06th March 2017

Completion Date: 25th May 2017

Date of Assignment Submission:

Assessor Comment 

Internal Verifier Comment

General Guidelines for Assignment

1. Students should use previous page as your cover sheet and be sure to fill the details accurately.

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5. If you are unable to hand in your assignment on time and have valid reasons such as illness, you may apply (in writing) for an extension.

6. Failure to achieve at least a PASS grade will result in a REFERRAL grade being given.

7. Non-submission of work without valid reasons will lead to an automatic REFERRAL. You will then be asked to complete an alternative assignment.

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9. If you are caught plagiarizing you could have your grade reduced to A REFERRAL or at worst you could be excluded from the course.

I hereby, declare that I know what plagiarism entails, namely to use another’s work and to present it as my own without attributing the sources in the correct way. I further understand what it means to copy another’s work.

1. I know that plagiarism is a punishable offence because it constitutes theft.

2. I understand the plagiarism and copying policy of the Edexcel UK.

3. I know what the consequences will be if I plagiaries or copy another’s work in any of the assignments for this program.

4. I declare therefore that all work presented by me for every aspects of my program, will be my own, and where I have made use of another’s work, I will attribute the source in the correct way.
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6. I understand that my assignment will not be considered as submitted if this document is not attached to the attached.

Student’s Signature: ……………………………                                                                    Date:.………………

Criteria

Criteria Evidence

Possible

Feedback

Reference

Evidence

P28.1.1

Evaluate types of NOS and NOS

Task 1.1

services

P28.1.2

Discuss the benefit of disaster

Task 1.2

recovery and NOS security

P28.1.3

Critically compare a selection of

Task 1.3

current NOS’s in use

Plan the implementation of a NOS

P28.2.1

for a required service to meet a

Task 2.1

given specification

P28.2.2

Evaluate

the plan and analyze

Task 2.2

user feedback

P28.3.1

Implement a NOS service based

Task 3.1

on a prepared plan

P28.3.2

Test  the

NOS  to  meet  user

Task 3.2

requirements

P28.3.4

Document

and

analyze

test

Task 3.2

results against expected results

P28.4.1

Establish

and

justify

a

Task 4.1

performance baseline

P28.4.2

Monitor

NOS

performance

Task 4.2

against the baseline

P28.4.3

Justify performance optimization

Task 4.3

and update to NOS.

	Grade Descriptors for MERIT			Possible evidence		× /√			Feedback
M1  Identify and apply				Effective judgments have
strategies to find				been made
appropriate solutions
M2  Select / design and				A range of methods and
apply appropriate				techniques have been
methods / techniques				applied
M3 Present and				The appropriate
communicate appropriate				structure and approach
findings				has been used
	Grade Descriptors for			Possible evidence		× /√			Feedback
	Distinction
D1 Use critical reflection				Conclusions have been
to evaluate own work				arrived at through
and justify valid				synthesis of ideas and
conclusions				have been justified
D2 Take responsibility				Activities have been
for managing and				managed
organizing activities
D3 Demonstrate				Innovation and creative
convergent / lateral /				thought have been applied
creative thinking

Scenario

You are appointed as administrator of the XYZ company and you are responsible for implementing, maintaining, supporting, developing and, in some cases, designing communication networks within an organization. Goal is to ensure the integrity of high availability network infrastructure to provide maximum performance for the users.

As manager explained, Company required a central server to store sensitive documents. Sometimes users required to scan and print documents, but it’s not practical to provide printers and scanners for individual users. HRM system is a web based system and should be hosted locally and should be accessible via Internet. All user accounts should be controlled from a central server. Social web sites, online Radio-TV channels & torrents should be blocked on the network.

Task 1

1.1 – Describe the following server types with their usage and benefits.

File Server Print Server

Distributed Scan Server Web Server

Proxy Server

1.2 – Describe the following which is very important to any network.

High Availability Failover

Disaster Recovery

1.3 List and describe 10 security measures to protect your network

Task 2

2.1 – Read the assignment scenario and gather company requirements. Suggest following things after analyzing the requirements.

Required services for the company Number of servers required

Suggest an Operating System considering cost and robustness

2.2 – Create a user feedback form to get the user feedback for a newly implement network.

Task 3

3.1 – Create an installation plan for the identified requirements in task 2.

3.2 – Create a test plan to verify all systems are working as expected.

Task 4

4.1 – Create a network baseline for normal performance without load & establishing performance with load.

4.2 – Describe 3 network performance monitoring tools.

4.3 – Describe 3 methods to optimize the performance of a server without changing the hardware.