Network Design
Overall Network Architecture
- Evaluate requirements
- Review building floor plans, site survey location
- Recommend cable pathways and equipment installation points
- Deliver network design to meet all needs – data, voice and video.
Equipment Recommendations
- Obtain budget requirements
- Recommend wireless and wired networking equipment
- Specify Wi-Fi equipment to meet coverage and capacity
Network Management Plan
- Recommend equipment monitor and maintenance plan
- Performance monitoring
- Preventative maintenance procedures
Wi-Fi Network Design
- Define Wi-Fi Service Areas
- Specify best locations for Wi-Fi Equipment & access points
- Wi-Fi heat map survey
- Technology roadmap recommendations
Network Security and Control Plan
- Physical Security Plan
- Virtual Security Plan
- Network segmentation
- Access control
IP Telephony Plan
- IP Voice traffic segmentation
- Power over Ethernet (POE) Plan for telephony devices
- VLAN/Firewall recommendations
Wired Workstation Plan
- Understand need for wired computers/devices
- Recommend/provide wiring plan
- Specify flexible designs for easy reconfigurations
Network Closet Design
- Identify location for wiring closets
- Specify termination types
- Recommend practices for clean installations
Fiber/Power Plan
- Specify Fiber Optic Cable runs
- Recommend DC power extensions, if needed
- Specify cable type and termination Plan
POE (Power Over Ethernet) Plan/Budgeting
- Define POE power budgets based on equipment plan
- Specify power needed for equipment deployed
- Recommend POE configurations for best performance
Auxiliary Power Plan
- Specify backup power plan for designed network
- Design/recommend automatic power transfer system
- Specify UPS equipment for best uptime