8) This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level, required for this unit. Evidence shall show that knowledge has been acquired of safe work practices and designing and managing enterprise networks. All knowledge and skills detailed in this unit should be contextualised to current industry practices and technologies. KS01-ED114A Design and manage enterprise computer networks Evidence shall show an understanding of enterprise computer network design and management processes to an extent indicated by the following aspects: T1 Analyse business requirements: Existing and planned business model and organisational structure Factors impacting on design decisions T2 Analyse technical requirements: Evaluation of the company’s existing and planned technical and environmental goals Client access, end user work needs and usage patterns Disaster recovery options T3 Plan for network and application services Name resolution IP addressing Network access policies Remote access strategies Support for legacy clients Application virtualisation Locally installed software Web based applications Terminal services licensing Remote desktop services infrastructure T4 Design and manage directory service identity and management components Directory service logical components Directory service functional levels Intra-organisational authorisation and authentication Schema modifications Directory service physical topologies Placement of servers Definition of physical site boundaries Site replication parameters Printer location policies Directory service administrative model Delegation of administration Group strategies Compliance auditing Group administration Organisational structure Enterprise level policy strategy Directory service logical component migration strategies Directory service upgrade and restructuring Cross component authentication Backwards compatibility Implementation planning Environmental preparation Branch office deployment Authentication strategies Server security Implement a public key infrastructure (PKI) Plan for interoperability Inter-organisational authorisation and authentication Application authentication interoperability Cross platform interoperability T5 Design and manage business continuity and data availability Plan for business continuity Service availability Directory service recovery Software updates Compliance management Patch management strategies Operating system virtualisation strategies Server consolidation Application compatibility Virtualisation management Placement of servers Data management and data access Data security Data accessibility Redundancy Data collaboration |