Components and Artifacts Network and Infrastructure Creative Commons

Components and Artifacts Network and Infrastructure Creative Commons License – Curt Hill.

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Introduction • • In this EA 3 model there are five levels Goals and Initiatives Products and Services Data and Information Systems and Applications Network and Infrastructure This considers the components and artifacts of the Network and Infrastructure Creative Commons License – Curt Hill.

What is this about? • Hardware • The main focus is on the operational computers and networks that the enterprise owns and uses • Every piece of hardware comes into view • Three categories: – Computer – Network – Other computer related – such as manufacturing robots Creative Commons License – Curt Hill.

Networks • Networks come in several flavors – Data – Telecommunications – Video • These used to be completely separate, but are now growing together Creative Commons License – Curt Hill.

Data Networks • Communications mechanisms between computer systems • Main goal is carry data/information between systems • Data must be digitized • A Local Area Network is usually confined to a building • Intranets are collections of close LANs • Wide Area Networks are geographically dispersed Creative Commons License – Curt Hill.

Telecommunications • • Main goal is voice communications These are telephone networks Data may be analog or digital Public Business Exchange (PBX) serves a business or local enterprise • Larger networks are usually public carriers – Baby bells – Cell companies Creative Commons License – Curt Hill.

Video • Specialized network designed to carry video • Transmit from producing sites to viewing sites • May be analog or digital • Public carriers – Broadcast television – Cable/satellite television Creative Commons License – Curt Hill.

The merger • Telephone used to be entirely analog as did television • In the latter quarter of the twentieth century telephones went digital • Broadcast television stopped being analog in June of 2009 • These may now be transmitted over the internet • ND IVN converted from dedicated video network to transmission over the internet Creative Commons License – Curt Hill.

Your turn • How many kinds of networks do we have at VCSU? Creative Commons License – Curt Hill.

Network Pieces • Every network, regardless of type, has certain pieces • A connection point – Where end users connect • External interface – Where this network connects to others, if it does • Backbone – The transmission facilities and the associated hardware Creative Commons License – Curt Hill.

Artifacts • • Network Connectivity Diagram Network Inventory Capital Equipment Inventory Building Blueprints Network Center Diagram Cable Plant Diagram Rack Elevation Diagram Virtually all of these will be augmented by text documents Creative Commons License – Curt Hill.

Network Connectivity Diagram • Show physical connections • What we want to see: – Various systems – Connections between these – Connections to internet or other WAN – Wireless access points • Consider the pieces of the next slide’s diagram Creative Commons License – Curt Hill.

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Network Inventory • The equipment that makes the network function: – Routers, switches and hubs – Network printers – Servers • We want to see: – Description – Manufacturer and model – Internal ID – Location Creative Commons License – Curt Hill.

Audience Participation • As we have seen before, we often have several diagrams, treating one thing – Example: Network Connectivity Diagram and Network Inventory • Why do we need this profusion of documents to describe one thing? Creative Commons License – Curt Hill.

Capital Equipment Inventory • Similar to the network inventory, but things that are not part of the network – Same types of descriptions • Capital equipment purchases usually take a different process than incidental items – Usually there is a threshold cost point • Typically heavy equipment intended to last more than a year or two Creative Commons License – Curt Hill.

Your Turn • What kind of things does VCSU have that might fit into this inventory? Creative Commons License – Curt Hill.

Building Blueprints • These are used in planning where new space may be obtained for: – Offices – Storage – Production • Also important for planning placement of computing and network equipment and cabling • Like all artifacts, we prefer an electronic version Creative Commons License – Curt Hill.

Network Center Diagram • Floor diagram of how the machine rooms are laid out • We want to see a floor plan with the locations of: – Equipment racks – Cooling (if it takes floor space) – Desks and workbenches (if present) Creative Commons License – Curt Hill.

Cable Plant Diagram • The goal of this diagram is to show network cabling in relation to buildings • We would like to see – The cable types – Network closets – Computer rooms • This should distinguish between the three types of networks – Data, voice, video Creative Commons License – Curt Hill.

Rack Elevation Diagram • Shows the racks within a server room, network center or network closet • Closely related to previous two diagrams • These change over time, so should be maintained electronically Creative Commons License – Curt Hill.

VCSU Example • As of 2013 VCSU maintained this in a spread sheet Creative Commons License – Curt Hill.

VCSU Example Creative Commons License – Curt Hill.

Standards • Standards is a thread that should pervade the EA process • A number of technical standards exist in networking • Each of these should be identified • This will assist the planning process • Acquisition of new equipment will be easier when the required standards are known Creative Commons License – Curt Hill.

Security • Networks should be made subject to security reviews • The artifacts from this are generally text reports • These should include: – A security plan – Vulnerability test reports – Recovery plan – Continuity of operation plan Creative Commons License – Curt Hill.

Last word on artifacts • In the presentations on the five levels of the EA Cube we have seen many possible artifacts that document the enterprise • This is not the only possible set of artifacts • In any particular EA different documents and diagrams could have been used • The EA team determines what to use – This may be modified as they create and collect Creative Commons License – Curt Hill.