Write a researched report that compares and contrasts product solutions from three major infrastructure product companies, including Cisco.

Part 1: Design a switched based solution for the following scenario provided by the system analyst. The company wants to populate three new buildings with computers and devices for the employees. Each building has three floors and each floor has 200 users. There is already a wiring conduit connecting the floors in a central location using the elevator shaft. There is a wiring closet next to the elevator what can house the switches and UTP cable is already in place for the user PCs and printers. You should provide an overview diagram showing the number of switches and the trunks used to connect them.
You will need to discuss the wiring and trunking protocols you would recommend being used to connect the switches between floors and between buildings. You will not need to consider VLANs at this time since every subnet will house the entire department, which is each located on just one floor.
You will need to consider fault tolerance for the switches and trunks as well, since the customer does not want any downtime.

Part 2: Write a researched report that compares and contrasts product solutions from three major infrastructure product companies, including Cisco. You should try to identify the strengths and weaknesses for the switching products you would recommend from each vendor, as well as for the vendor itself. You will need to recommend the exact switch products you would recpmmend from each vendor. This report will be presented to the CIO so they can make a good decision about which internetworking infrastructure system to implement.

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