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1. Introduction.......................................................3
2. Current Status....................................................3
Current Status
Information Systems
The Hangzhou office's network architecture is relatively up-to-date compared to the other offices within Riordan. The overall user satisfaction level is assessed as 5 out of 10. Note that there is an assumption about software versions for the user logon and email server, which is explained further below. The overall architecture started with two seemingly Wide Area Network (WAN) connections- a T-1 to the Internet and a satellite base station to corporate headquarters. The latter of these WAN connections is actually a point-to-point (PTP) connection. The each WAN connection has a dedicated router, but the PTP connection's router also servers as the Voice over IP (VoIP) gateway for this converged network. This network supports itself with logon, email, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) servers. Additionally, there is a network attached storage (NAS) server that may be used for shared file storage or as a backup for other servers.
Riordan Mansion, Flagstaff
Riordan Mansion, Flagstaff
Riordan Mansion, FlagstaffThe office is running a 100Mbps Ethernet LAN via Cisco switches and Linksys hubs. All user workstations are running the same hardware, and have access to multiple printers, which is also up-to-date with current technology. Lastly, as previously mentioned, this network is using IP telephony.
Each device that resides on this network has a specific software set that is necessary for its basic-to-advanced operation. The table below provides a quick reference and correlation of the employee workstations and servers and their respective software:
Core applications
DeviceOperating SystemAdditional Software
WorkstationsMS Windows 2KMS Office 2K
User logon serverMS Windows 2K Server
User email serverMS Windows 2K Server
Applications per department
Finance and Accounting (F & A)San Jose: Windows-based ERP
Michigan: VMS OS
Georgia: Unix OSSupporting F&A and process application.
Executive Decision Support System (EDSS) database
Sales and...