ICTNWK305 Install and manage network protocols LMS 2

Skills Assessment

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  Unit code, name
  ICTNWK305 – Install and manage network protocols (1)
  Qualification/Course code, name
  ICT30118 - Certificate III in Information, Digital Media and Technology (2)
  TAFE NSW
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Assessment instructions

Table 1 Assessment instructions

Assessment details	Instructions
Assessment overview	The objective of this assessment is to assess your skills and knowledge as would be required to: · configure, test and validate network protocols in order to facilitate interconnectivity · install and manage network protocols in a network, and troubleshoot problems · describe the client business domain, including client organisation and business functionality · list current communications technologies and their associated protocols · outline industry accepted hardware and software products and general features and capabilities · clarify vendor product range and development directions.
Assessment Event number	2 of 2
Instructions for this assessment	This is a skills-based assessment and will be assessing you on your ability to demonstrate skills required in the unit. This assessment is in four parts: 1. Role play scenario – discussion with client 2. Connect devices using correct cables 3. Record correct IPv4 host addresses 4. Configure, test and validate network protocols and services This assessment also contains: · Observation checklists. This assessment is supported by: · Assessment feedback.
Submission instructions	When you’ve completed this assessment, submit it online for marking by your assessor. You must upload the following: · Video recordings for Part 1 and Part 4. Follow the Video recording instructions (.pdf) to record and submit your video · Firstname_Lastname_yyyymmdd zipped folder which should include the following: o Packet Tracer file: ICTNWK305_Skills_XXXXXXXXX o Screenshot: Yourname-PT-result · *Firstname_Lastname_AE2_Skills (.*pdf or .docx file) It is important that you keep a copy of all electronic and hardcopy assessments submitted to TAFE and complete the assessment declaration when submitting the assessment.
What do I need to do to achieve a satisfactory result?	Complete all the assessment criteria as outlined in the assessment instructions. Refer to the list of criteria provided in the Observation checklist to understand what skills you need to demonstrate in Part 1 of this assessment.
What do I need to provide?	· Computer, internet and login details. · Follow the Video recording instructions (pdf) to record and submit your video. · A video recording device, such as a smartphone.
What does the assessor need to provide?	Access to the Learning Management System. ICTNWK305_AE_Sk_2of2_SR1.zip folder that contains: · ABC_Background_information.docx · Packet_Tracer_Simulation.pka
Due date/time allowed/venue	Indicative time to complete assessment: · 2.5 hours (150 min) (Role play may be completed separately.)
Supervision	Your assessor may ask for additional evidence to verify the authenticity of your submission and confirm that the assessment task was completed by you.
Reasonable adjustment	If you have a permanent or temporary condition that may prevent you from successfully completing the assessment event(s) in the way described, you should talk to your assessor about ‘reasonable adjustment’. This is the adjustment of the way you are assessed to take into account your condition, which must be approved before you attempt the assessment.
Assessment feedback, review or appeals	Appeals are addressed in accordance with Every Student’s Guide to Assessment in TAFE NSW.

Specific task instructions – role play (Part 1)

You should refer to the list of criteria provided in the Observation checklist to understand what skills you need to demonstrate in Part 1 of this assessment. This checklist outlines the Performance criteria, Performance evidence and Assessment conditions your assessor will be marking you on.
Your demonstration of the role play will be used as part of the overall evidence requirements of the unit.
The video recording of your role play will be observed by your assessor.
Limit your role play to no more than five to ten minutes.

Part 1: Role play scenario – discussion with client

To complete this part of the assessment, you are required to participate in a role-play with the aid of someone, such as a colleague. Your role play should demonstrate the conversation with your client representative from ABC Company, which you need to act out.

You are required to take a video recording of your role play ad submit it as evidence. Follow the Video recording instructions (pdf) to record and submit your video.

Note: Read the ABC background information which is contained in ICTNWK305_AE_Sk_2of2_SR1.zip and criteria for the role play carefully before performing your demonstration.

Role play scenario:

ABC Company wants to set up a local area network for their business. As the network engineer, you are required to provide advice on communications technologies and the protocols and services that are most appropriate to meet client requirements.

Notes:

Your client does not understand technical networking terminology very well so you will need to make sure you use language and communication skills that are appropriate for your client and context.
Your assessor will assign a suitable person (e.g. another student) to play the role of the client representative from ABC Company and provide them with the relevant information.
Prepare a set of questions you want to ask from your client based on the following:

Client business domain, including client organisation structure and business functionality.
Evaluate client user requirements to provide recommendations for network protocol services.

Demonstrate the discussion between yourself and the internal client.
1. Use questioning techniques to evaluate user requirements and confirm understanding.
2. Provide clear explanations and recommendations for network protocol services using relevant language suitable to audience to convey requirements.
3. Use listening skills to respond to the client appropriately.
Write a document as a follow-up to the conversation with the client to record your recommendations on communication technologies, industry accepted hardware and software. You must include the following points in your written submission.
1. Describe the overall client business domain/area. Include client organisational structure and different functions of the business.
2. Research and list at least three current communication technologies and their associated protocols that would be suitable for ABC Company.
3. Research and outline industry accepted hardware (at least two) and software (at least two) products with their general features and capabilities that would be suitable for ABC Company.
4. Clarify vendor product range and development directions as appropriate for ABC Company. (Note: Think about the vendor of the products you have outlined before and research how often a newer product range/model/version could be made available by the vendor. Comment on any other development directions of the vendor.)
5. Give a basic explanation of two new file systems that you would recommend for a network environment as used by ABC Company.
6. Give a basic explanation of two user access principles that ABC Company should adopt for their employees.
7. Give a basic explanation of two disaster recovery procedures that would help ensure the integrity of ABC Company’s data.
8. Outline two legislative requirements related to keeping the licensing of software products up to date.

Note: You may have to perform further research into some of the areas to obtain relevant and most up to date information.

Submission Instructions

Please ensure that you follow the instructions given below before submitting your document.

Include your fullname, student number and date of submission on the header/footer of the document.
Ensure that the document is renamed as Firstname_Lastname_AE2_Skills
Submit your document in either .docx or .pdf

Part 1 Observation checklist

The Task/Activity and Observation checklist will be used by your assessor to mark your performance in the previous event type. Use this checklist to understand what skills you need to demonstrate in the role play scenario and what you are required to complete as part of the evidence for these units. The Checklist lists the assessment criteria used to determine whether you have successfully completed this assessment event. All the criteria must be met for all the units listed in this clustered assessment. Your demonstration will be used as part of the overall evidence requirements of the unit. The assessor may ask questions while the demonstration is taking place or if appropriate directly after the task/activity has been completed.

If you are required to demonstrate the task and be observed by your assessor, the checklist below will have a tick near the criteria in the Observation column. If you are required to gather and submit evidence to complete the task, the checklist below will have a tick near the criteria in the Evidence column.

Task #	Task/Activity performed	Observation	Evidence	S – Date	U/S - Date	S - Date	U/S - Date	Assessor comments (Describe the student’s ability in demonstrating the required skills and knowledge)	Unit nbr and criteria
2a	Used appropriate questioning techniques to evaluate user requirements	☐						Date of observation: Assessors are to record their observations in sufficient detail to demonstrate their judgement of the student’s performance against the criteria required.	ICTNWK305 (2.2, FS4)
2b	Provided clear explanations and recommendations using suitable language	☐							ICTNWK305 (2.2, FS3)
2c	Used listening skills to respond appropriately.	☐							ICTNWK305 (FS4)
3a	Provided a description of client business domain		☐						ICTNWK305 (KE1)
3b	Listed current communication technologies and their associated protocols		☐						ICTNWK305 (KE2)
3c	Outlined industry accepted hardware and software products		☐						ICTNWK305 (KE3)
3d	Clarified vendor product range and development directions		☐						ICTNWK305 (KE5)
3e	Used specific and relevant language to document new file systems		☐						ICTNWK305 (FS1, FS2)
3f	Used specific and relevant language to document user access principles		☐						ICTNWK305 (FS1, FS2)
3g	Used specific and relevant language to document disaster recovery procedures		☐						ICTNWK305 (FS1, FS2)
3h	Outlined legislative requirements related to keeping software licensing up to date		☐						ICTNWK305 (FS6)

Specific task instructions – practical tasks (Parts 2, 3 and 4)

Read and follow the instructions given below carefully, before performing Part 2, 3 and 4

Ensure you do the following when you receive the Packet tracer simulation file (ICTNWK305-Skills.pka) from your assessor.

Create a folder called Firstname_Lastname_yyyymmdd (for example John_Smith_20191216)
Copy the simulation file into Firstname_Lastname_yyyymmdd
Rename the packet tracer simulation file to the following: ICTNWK305_Skills_XXXXXXXXX

Note: The number referred to as “XXXXXXXXXX” is your TAFE student number.

Double click on the packet tracer simulation tracer file to open it.

Note: If there are any pop-up screens, you need to say Yes/OK. You will also be prompted to login with Cisco Networking Academy credentials.

On the user profile pop-up window, type your full name and click on OK
Observe the given network for ABC Company. Based on this network complete Part 1, 2 and 3 of this assessment task.

Part 2: Connect devices using correct cables

Refer to the ABC Company network design in the given packet tracer simulation file which is contained in ICTNWK305_AE_Sk_2of2_SR1.zip

Figure 1 - ABC Company network

Identify which cable types you would use to connect the following devices and fill the Cable type column.

Table 1 - Device Connectivity - Cable Types

Device 1 : Port	Device 2 : Port	Cable type
PC0 : FastEthernet0	WR1 : Ethernet2
PC1 – FastEthernet0	SW2 – FastEthernet0/1
PC2 – FastEthernet0	SW2 – FastEthernet0/2
PC3 – FastEthernet0	SW2 – FastEthernet0/3
PC4 – FastEthernet0	PC5 – FastEthernet0

Part 3: Record and validate correct IPv4 host addresses

Refer to the client ABC Company network domain design and IPv4 organisational addressing scheme structure in the given packet tracer simulation file. Record the correct IPv4 addresses along with the subnet mask, gateway and DNS addresses where applicable for each device given below.

Table 2

Device name	IPv4 address	Subnet mask	Default gateway	DNS address
WR1	Subnet 1 : 1^st usable host address	Subnet 1 Custom subnet mask	N/A	Subnet 1 : 2^nd usable host address
WR1			-
ABCServer	Subnet 1 : 2^nd usable host address	Subnet 1 Custom subnet mask	Subnet 1 : 1^st usable host address	IPv4 Loopback address
ABCServer
ProductionServer	Subnet 2: 2^nd usable host address	Subnet 2 Custom subnet mask	N/A	IPv4 Loopback address
ProductionServer			-
PC1	Subnet 2: 3^rd usable host address	Subnet 2 Custom subnet mask	N/A	ProductionServer IP Address
PC1			-
PC2	Subnet 2: 4^th usable host address	Subnet 2 Custom subnet mask	N/A	ProductionServer IP Address
PC2			-
PC3	Subnet 2: 5^th usable host address	Subnet 2 Custom subnet mask	N/A	ProductionServer IP Address
PC3			-
PC4	Subnet 3: 2^nd usable host address	Subnet 3 Custom subnet mask	N/A	N/A
PC4			-	-
PC5	Subnet 3: 3^rd usable host address	Subnet 3 Custom subnet mask	N/A	N/A
PC5			-	-

Part 4: Configure, test and validate network protocols and services

To complete this part of the assessment, you will be required to participate in a practical demonstration of how to complete a task or activity.

You are required to take video recordings of your demonstrations and submit these as evidence.

Your responses will be used as part of the overall evidence requirements of the unit.

You should refer to the list of criteria in the Observation checklist to understand what you need to demonstrate in this section of the assessment. This checklist outlines the assessment criteria used to assess your performance.

Once completed you will need to submit this assessment and the tasks and activities you are required to complete to your assessor for marking.

Checklist of tasks to perform

Table 3

Demonstration tasks

Tick if task is completed

Connect PC0 at Reception Desk to WR1 wireless router using the information in Part 1

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In your wireless router GUI window go to Setup tab à Basic Setup. Scroll down to find the Network setup section.

Important: Do not change the internet set up section configurations. Do not use your mouse scroll when scrolling down router GUI tab. Please scroll using the mouse pointer on the GUI screen.

Configure the IP address for your wireless router (WR1) using the IP address information from Part 2.

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Configure the IPv4 address for ABCServer using the information in Part 2

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ABC Company policy includes information regarding preferred wireless network configurations. Refer to the extract from ABC Company policy given below when configuring WR1.

ABC Company policy for wireless network configuration:

1. Network mode: Mixed

2. Network name (SSID): ABC_WiFi

3. Radio band: Auto

4. Wide channel: Auto

5. Standard channel: 6 – 2.437 GHz

6. SSID broadcast: Disabled

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ABC company policy states that the wireless network should be configured for security and encryption. Refer to the extract from ABC Company policy given below when configuring WR1.

ABC Company policy for wireless network security:

a) Security mode: WPA2 Personal

b) Encryption: AES

c) Passphrase: abc123pass

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In the Wireless Router GUI window go to Setup tab à Basic Setup. Scroll down to find the Network setup section. Ensure you do the following:

a) Enable DHCP in the wireless router (WR1)

b) Configure correct DNS server address information from Part2.

c) Save your settings

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Ensure that the PC0 Reception desk has an automatically allocated IP address from Subnet 1 IP address range.

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Add the following devices to the ground floor reception area.

· Laptop

· Tablet PC

· SmartPhone

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Configure the Laptop for wireless connectivity with WR1 (Wireless Router)

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Ensure the Laptop is allocated an IPv4 address automatically from subnet1 IP range.

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Configure the Tablet PC for wireless connectivity with WR1 (Wireless Router)

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Ensure the TabletPC is allocated an IPv4 address automatically from subnet1 IP range.

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Configure the Smartphone for wireless connectivity with WR1 (Wireless Router)

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Ensure the Smartphone is allocated an IPv4 address automatically from subnet1 IP range.

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Enable the following services in your ABCServer

a) Web Service

b) Name Resolution Services

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Test connectivity with ABCServer from PC0- Reception Desk, using command-line. If the connectivity test is unsuccessful, you need to troubleshoot the issue.

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Ensure that you can access www.abc.com from the browser of your PC0- Reception desk.