Computer Networking Manager

Task 1:-
Overview:-

A detailed analysis was conducted for my company’s I.T. Internet Infrastructure . Limited / Supervised Access was provided to the physical data center rooms and a brief inventory of the infrastructure (networking equipment / servers / etc.) was undertaken in order to acquire an orientation with regards to the Networking Equipment utilized. Internal interviews have been conducted with the company technical & capability leads (networking / design / security) with regards to the same.

A) Internet Infrastructure investigation report:-

1- Networking Server & Client Operating System Environment:-

Server Environment:-The company primarily utilizes the Microsoft Windows 2003 Server ®™ family (Sp1) as the primary server operating system for its services (i.e. File & Print / Active Directory Domain Controller /Applications Servers /etc.) Also for Sun Servers – Sun Solaris 9.0 ®™ Operating System is utilized. Please note that Server O/S screen shots could not be obtained due to the company’s security policy.

Client Environment: - Windows XP Professional ®™2002 (sp2) is the client operating system deployed throughout the organization. Windows Vista ®™Deployment is being considered for rollout in the 2nd quarter of 2008, due to hardware device drivers / security related issues.

Fig. 1.2 – Client Environment

2- Hardware & Networking Devices / Appliances:-

Hardware & Networking Equipment Deployed throughout the organization are listed as follows:-

1- Servers: - HP ML 350 & 370®™ (Windows Servers).
2- Clients:- Dell Deskpro ®™& Latitude ®™ 610 / 620
3- Networking Equipment:-
- Dlink ®™switch hubs.
- Switches: - Cisco Catalyst ®™ (2950 / 2960 / 3560 / 3750 / 3716 / 4506) 24 & 48 port switches.
- Firewall:- PIX / ASA / FWSM / IPS – 4620 / 4260
- Wireless Access Points:- Cisco Linksys ®™ wireless access point – wap54g

3- Internet Enabled Applications:-

Web based applications deployed & utilized by the company are