Extracting New Customer Requirements for Designing Cisco Networks


Overview/Description
To explain how to determine customers' current and future requirements for their internetworks

Target Audience
Network engineers, network system analysts, and maintenance personnel responsible for designing small to medium-sized networks; anyone working toward the Cisco Certified Design Associate qualification

Prerequisites
The Cisco: Internetworking Technologies Multimedia (ITM) learning path or the Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (ICND) and CCNA Basics learning paths; a good foundation in the principles and concepts of networks and computers; familiarity with internetworking technologies

Expected Duration
2:00 Hours

Objectives:

Extracting New Customer Requirements for Designing Cisco Networks

  • determine a customer's requirements for new applications, protocols, number of users, peak usage hours, security, and network management.
  • describe the factors that affect network traffic.
  • characterize network traffic, loads, and behavior.
  • determine the network requirements of a client seeking to update its healthcare network to incorporate an automated referral system linking hospitals and local community physicians.
  • determine the network requirements of a client operating across several locations that is seeking to implement a solution that will enable its staff to collaborate as if in a single office.
  • determine the network requirements of a client seeking to build a new network and integrate it into an existing one.
  • determine the network requirements of a client seeking to switch from mainframe technology to intranet and Internet technology using an Oracle software-based system.

  • Course Number: 68411_eng