Xylem Water Solutions AB är en stor del av Xylem Inc. som har totalt ca 12000 anställda i hela världen, Xylem Water Solutions AB huvudkontor i Sundbyberg har ca 400 anställda och ca 50 servrar i en serverhall. Målet med examensarbetet är att som projektledare utföra en förstudie, planera samt genomföra ett switchbyte i en blandad klient och servermiljö med flera huvudmål: Att minska befintlig offertkostnad, minska det dagliga underhållet, se till att de nätverkskopplingar som används verkligen används, säkra upp redundans för både server- och klientnätverkskopplingarna, se till att dagens och framtidens krav för klientsidan samt serverhallen uppfylls på huvudkontoret för Xylem Water Solutions AB i Sundbyberg. Under projektets gång formades en plan och den följdes sedan till att byta från Nortelprodukter till ett nytt, stabilt nätverk uppbyggt av Ciscoprodukter, Nexus 5548P och 2248 för core/serveraccess-switchar och Catalyst C2960S-switchar för klientaccess. / Xylem Water Solutions is a large part of Xylem Inc. which has approximately 12000 employees globally; Xylem Water Solutions headquarters in Sundbyberg, Sweden has around 400 employees and approximately 50 servers in a small server room. The goal of this thesis work is to; as a project manager do a pilot study, plan and execute a switch replacement in a mixed client and server environment with many goals: To reduce the existing planned network solution cost, to reduce daily maintenance, verify the number of outlets actually used, to make sure that redundancy is applied to all server and client network connections, to make sure to adhere to the demands today as well as in the future for the client and server network connection needs at the headquarters of Xylem Water Solutions in Sundbyberg, Sweden. During the project, a plan was made and ultimately followed (with some exceptions due to lack of time and resources) to change from Nortel products to a new and stable network comprised of Cisco products; Nexus 5548P and 2248 as core/server access switches and Catalyst C2960S as client access switches.

Det finns många olika källor där man kan få information om sårbarheter i routrar och switchar. Mängden information gör det dock svårt att på ett enkelt sätt ta reda på vilka tillverkare som drabbas och vilken typ av sårbarheter man hittar i nätverksutrustning. Därmed är det också svårt att veta hur man ska skydda sin utrustning mot attacker. I detta examensarbete analyseras ett antal befintliga sårbarheter i routrar och switchar. Dessa sårbarheter har valts ut genom att i National Vulnerability Database söka på orden ”router” och ”switch”. Målet med analysen är att svara på frågorna vem, vad och varför när det gäller sårbarheter i routrar och switchar. Examensarbetet beskriver vilka tillverkare som drabbas av sårbarheter, vilka typer av sårbarheter som är vanligast i routrar och switchar och varför sårbarheterna har uppstått. Utifrån detta dras slutsatser om vad man som användare ska göra för att undvika attacker mot sin utrustning. I arbetet beskrivs också hur tillverkarna väljer att hantera de sårbarheter som finns i deras produkter. / There are a lot of different sources to information about vulnerabilities in routers and switches. The amount of information means that there is no easy way to find out which vendors are affected by vulnerabilities and what types of vulnerabilities that are found in network equipment. Thereby it is also hard to know how to protect your equipment against attacks. In this thesis a number of already existing vulnerabilities in router and switches are being analyzed. These vulnerabilities have been chosen by searching the National Vulnerability Database using the words “router” and “switch”. The aim of the analysis is to answer the questions who, what and why when it comes to vulnerabilities in routers and switches. The thesis describes which vendors are exposed to vulnerabilities, what types of vulnerabilities that are most common among routers and switches and why these vulnerabilities have came up. Based on this information, conclusions are drawn regarding what the user should do to avoid vulnerabilities in their equipment. The way the companies deal with vulnerabilities in their products is also described.

The Bonneville cisco (Prosopium gemmiferum), a small planktivorous whitefish, is an important part of the distinctive fish community of Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho. The Bonneville cisco plays a key role in the trophic structure by converting zooplankton to fish biomass and providing a major forage sour ce for cutthroat and lake trout. Aspects of cisco feeding ecology studied include characterization of the zooplankton community composition and dynamics and cisco feeding habits and prey select ion.

Soil surface treatments consisting of gully plugs and contour furrows were constructed as a means of reducing erosion and holding sediment on site. To measure the effectiveness of the gully plugs and furrows, angle iron stakes and profile transects were installed to measure soils loss and accompanying change in the soil profile. The profile transects gave a reliable measure of the change in the height of the soil surface in constructed pits and across contour furrows. Because of the shrinking and swelling of the soil, the change in height of the angle iron stakes was found to be much more than the reduction in soil surface caused by erosion. High intensity thunderstorms, occuring mostly during July, August, and September, cause most of the erosion from the semi-arid land. The gully plugs and contour furrows were effective in holding runoff and sediment on site, but the life expectancy of the treatments is only about fifteen years.

This thesis discuss about the problem with mobility of stations in IP networks, concretely protocol Mobile IP and about the problems with this protocol in MANET networks, with the scope on Motorola MESH. First part is about design integration of protocol Mobile IP in this networks with usage Tropos 5210 MetroMesh routers and Cisco components (router, switch) to design and configure wireless MESH network, than connect this network with Cisco components and try to implement Mobile IP into this network. Second part is about design and configure wireless network from Cisco Wireless Access Points and about succesfully implementation of Mobile IP protocol into this network. In the last part is some tests of the function and quality of this topology.

This work shows and implements possibilities of OSI Layer-2 Network Topology Discovery based on information from Cisco Discovery Protocol, Spanning Tree Protocol and Switches' Filtering Databases. / Diese Arbeit zeigt und implementiert Möglichkeiten zur OSI Layer-2 Netzwerk Topologie Erkennung basierend auf Informationen des Cisco Discovery Protocol, Spanning Tree Protocol und Switch Filter Datenbanken.

Univ., Diss.--St. Gallen, 2004.

This work shows and implements possibilities of OSI Layer-2 Network Topology Discovery based on information from Cisco Discovery Protocol, Spanning Tree Protocol and Switches' Filtering Databases. / Diese Arbeit zeigt und implementiert Möglichkeiten zur OSI Layer-2 Netzwerk Topologie Erkennung basierend auf Informationen des Cisco Discovery Protocol, Spanning Tree Protocol und Switch Filter Datenbanken.

Some companies today are using sub-optimal and nearly obsolete management systems for their networks. Given the large number of different services that are demanded by users, there is a need to adapt the network structure to support the current and potential future demands. As a result, there is a need for new Network Management Solutions (NMSs). The aim of this thesis project is to help a company who uses a NMS called Local Area Network (LAN) Management Solution (LMS). LMS was designed by Cisco for managing LAN networks. However, the company’s demands are growing and they need to expand their network more than expected. Moreover, LMS is designed to only support devices by Cisco, whereas the company wants a universal solution with wide device support from many manufacturers. This thesis presents an analysis of their current system and suggests potential solutions for an upgrade that will meet all of the company’s demands and will have a long operating life. To help find reasonable solutions a thorough evaluation of their existing NMS and network monitoring and management needs was made.  This evaluation gave good insights into different aspects of their system. A reasonable solution was found by following a three-step approach, beginning with 82 possible solutions, filtering out and breaking down with each step, until only the most suitable NMS was left. Two NMSs has been proposed as equally suitable replacements: IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus and ManageEngine OpManager. Regardless of which one is chosen, they both have the following advantages over the company’s existing NMS: they are very stable solutions which can handle a large number of managed devices; they are universal solutions with wide device support, and the company can add custom support if needed; they are user-friendly with the ability to add custom interfaces; and they both have a professional first-line technical support department locally located. / Vissa företag använder idag suboptimala och föråldrade övervakningsssystem för sina nätverk. Med tanke på det stora antalet olika tjänster som efterfrågas av användare finns det ett stort behov av att anpassa nätverksstrukturen för att stödja de nuvarande och potentiellt framtida kraven. Som ett resultat finns det ett behov av nya övervakningssystem (Network Management Solutions (NMSs)) för nätverken. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att hjälpa ett företag som använder NMS:en Local Area Network (LAN) Management Solution (LMS). LMS utecklades av Cisco för att hantera lokala nätverk (LANs). Men med tiden har företagets krav förändrats och de har därför behövt expandera sitt nätverk mer än väntat.  Dessutom är LMS endast utformad för att hantera enheter tillverkade av Cisco, medan företaget vill ha en universal lösning med stöd för enheter från många olika tillverkare. Denna rapport presenterar en analys av deras nuvarande system, samt föreslår möjliga lösningar som kan ersätta detta. Den nya lösningen ska vara långvarig samt ska uppfylla alla krav företaget ställt. För att hitta lämpliga lösningar har en grundlig utvärdering av den befintliga NMS:en samt en analys av de ställda kraven utförts. Denna analys gav goda insikter i olika aspekter av deras nuvarande system. En lämplig lösning hittades genom att följa en trestegsmetod. Metoden utgick från 82 möjliga lösningar, som efter flera steg av filtrering resulterade i de mest lämpade ersättningssystemen. Två NMS:er har föreslagits som lika lämpliga ersättare: IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus och ManageEngine OpManager. Oavsett vilken som väljs, har de båda följande fördelar jämfört med den nuvarande NMS:en: de är båda väldigt stabila lösningar som klarar av en stor mängd hanterade enheter; de är universella lösningar med stöd för en stor mängd olika enheter, dessutom går det även att lägga till eget stöd för enheter vid behov; de är användarvänliga och har möjlighet till att anpassa egna gränssnitt; samt att de båda har en professionell first-line teknisk support placerad lokalt i landet.<p>

本論文主要是探討思科公司如何成功的利用其成長策略一併購，未達成公司的成長目標。首先，簡要介紹思科公司創辦以來輝煌的經營績效。接著，我們探討其所處的產業環境以及公司發展目標的沿革、變遷。再來，我們嘗試瞭解其成長策略的運用和搭配的財務策略，諸如：資本形成、付款工具、企業風險等。借著分析其長期的財務統計資料，讓我們得以驗證思科策略的成功。我們也試圖分析決定其策略的箇中原委，進而深究移植思科成功經驗的可行性。 / Abstract This is the case study to investigate how Cisco has being successful to utilize strategies of mergers and acquisition for his corporate growth. It has structure breakdown to kernel to catch the truth. Starting from briefing about his amazing operation records during recent years, then we try to figure out what kinds of growth strategies which Cisco have applied in products planning and resources allocation to overcome undetermined business environments. It is mergers and acquisition strategies to fulfill his dream. We are interested in his motivations to choose such an external growth way and investigate how does Cisco make deals in mergers and acquisition. Then we get into how his financial strategies to support mergers and acquisition from the aspect of capital formation. We applied Pecking Order Theory to overview Cisco's financial strategies. We are also interested in the reason why stock swap is so popular in mergers and acquisition in high technical industry. We evaluated mergers and acquisition performance with financial indexes from company-wise point of view. Finally we concluded his successful formula and constraints applied in business in Taiwan.