Teresa Gale Gaines
CMGT/554
November 17, 2014
Phillip Coleman
3-Year Organizational System Management Plan
Since 1975, Patton-Fuller Community Hospital has been in business as a non-profit full service health care institution providing advanced emergency medical care, physical therapy, radiology, surgery, labor and delivery, surgery and other services dealing with the health and well-being of the local community. In order for the company to operate properly, Patton-Fuller must have a great IT infrastructure to support the company allowing them to achieve goals and potential growth. The following analysis of Patton-Fuller Community Hospital network system will show that there are vital changes …show more content…
The Administrative functions on the workstation using the server DHCP to obtain IP addresses. The black and white or color laser printer network is only a static DHCP IP is set to DHCP on the server using hardware MAC addresses. Data is transported through the hospital using a 1000 Base-T network as the backbone structure. 1000 Base-T network also known as IEEE802.3ab is a standard for gigabit Ethernet over copper wiring using mostly CAT 5 or CAT6 type network cabling. Each segment of the network has a maximum cable length of about 328 feet or 100 meters. 1000 Base-T standard uses automatic MDI/MDI-X configuration which means straight through cables will often work between gigabit-capable interfaces that can eliminate the needs of a crossover cable (Switch Cabling And Auto-MDIX, …show more content…
The threat could be natural disaster, electrical, water, or even outside forces such as: malware, viruses or spam. Downtime is not acceptable for Patton-Fuller. Disconnecting the file storehouse from the server will reduces the amount of hardware and the volume of records that movement of data whether input or output. The recommended improvement would be to add a SAN to the OR, ICU, and Ward floors. This backup would provide the departments the accessibility from other pharmacies requesting prescription assistance or dosage requirements. Adding SAN to the NAS currently used will improve backup deficiency present in the