Rensselaer at Hartford • Computer and Information Sciences
CISH-6230 Network Management
Fall 2004, Mon, 5:30 – 8:30 pm
Syllabus
Instructor:
Office Location:
Office Hours:
WebPage:
Roger H. Brown
8th Floor, Hartford Campus
Wednesday, 1:30 - 6:00 pm
http://www.rh.edu/~rhb/nm
Semester:
Voice:
FAX:
Email:
Fall 2004
(860) 548-2462
(860) 547-0868
rhb@rh.edu
Course Objectives:
At the end of the course the student will understand:
• The five major functional areas of network management, namely Configuration and Fault
Management, Accounting, Performance and Security Management;
• SNMP Management Information and the Standard MIBs;
• Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1);
• The SNMP protocol (including version 2 and version 3);
• The need for security in networking monitoring and control;
• Remote network monitoring (RMON) for statistics collection, alarms and filters;
• Web-based Network Management; and
• The extent, breadth and depth of a complete network management plan for a moderate to large
network enterprise.
Required Text(s):
[Subr] Subramanian, M.,
Network Management: Principles and Practice.
Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley. (2000) ISBN 0-201-35742-9
Recommended:
[Maur] Mauro, D.R. & K.J. Schmidt,
Essential SNMP,
O’Reilly & Associates, Sabastopol, CA. (2001). ISBN 0-596-00020-0
Schedule:
Lecture
Date
Topic
Reading Assignment
1
9/13
Network Management Architectures & Applications
Management Standards and Models
[Subr] Chapter 1 & 3
2
9/20
Network Management Functions
Configuration Management & Auto-discovery
Configuration Database & Reports
Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)
[Subr] Chap. 13.1
3
9/27
SNMP v1
Structure of Management Information
Std. Management Information Base (MIBs)
SNMPv1 Protocol
[Subr] Chapter 4 & 5
[Maur] Various Chapters
4
10/4
Network Management Functions
Fault Management
Fault Identification and Isolation
Event Correlation Techniques
[Subr] Chap. 13.2 - 13.4
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Lecture
Date
Topic
Reading Assignment
5
10/11
SNMP v2
Version 2 Protocol Specification
Version 2 MIB Enhancements
MIB-II, Case Diagrams
[Subr] Chapter 6
[Maur] Various Chapters
{ WebCT Quiz 1 = 10/11 – 10/18 }
6
10/18
Network Management Functions
Security Management
Protecting Sensitive Information
Host and User Authentication
Key Management
[Subr] Chap. 13.5
7
10/25
SNMP v3
Version 3 Protocol & MIB
[Subr] Chapter 7,
[Maur] Various Chapters
8
11/1
SNMP v3
User Based Security Model
View Based Access Model
[Subr] Chapter 7,
[Maur] Various Chapters
9
11/8
Network Management Functions
Accounting Management
Performance Management
Network Usage, Metrics and Quotas
[Subr] Chap. 13.3 , 13.6
{ WebCT Quiz 2 = 11/8 – 11/15 }
10
11/15
Remote Network Monitoring RMON 1
Statistics Collection
Alarms and Filters
[Subr] Chapter 8
11
11/22
Remote Network Monitoring RMON 2
Monitoring Network Protocol Traffic
Application-Layer Visibility
[Subr] Chapter 8
12
11/29
Management Tools, Systems and Applications
Test and Monitoring Tools
Integrating Tools
Development Tools
Web-based Enterprise Management
[Subr] Chapter 12, 13 & 14
13
12/6
Project Presentations
{ WebCT Quiz 3 = 12/6 – 12/13 }
14
12/13
Project Presentations
Final Project must be completed by December 16, 2004
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Course Requirements
Homework
Students are expected to keep up with the weekly reading assignments and are encouraged to
contribute to the “net-man” listserv.
Electronic Mailing List or LISTSERV “net-man” The “net-man” listserv has been created for open
dialog and distribution of information pertaining to network management in general and this course
in specific. See: http://www.rh.edu/~rhb/listserv.html
To subscribe, send an e-mail message from your preferred Email account to
“net-man-request@rh.edu” with a body message “subscribe.” (single line, no quotes). Then, as
requested by a confirmation e-mail message, reply to “Majordomo@rh.edu” with the authentication
text line. Yes, you can subscribe from multiple accounts, e.g. school account , work account, home
account, etc.
To post messages to the LISTSERV, send your mail message to “net-man@rh.edu.”
Network Management Team Project
Students will form 2 person teams and each student will prepare and submit a separate Project Report.
The objective is to create a comprehensive proposal for Network Management Systems and Services
at a hypothetical company which has medium-to-large size LAN and WAN network. The “division of
labor” is as follows:
Student A
Student B
Configuration Management
Configuration Management
Fault Management
Performance Management
Security Management
Accounting Management
Project milestones will be established and drafts of the project report will be submitted as the semester
proceeds. See: http://www.rh.edu/~rhb/nm/nm_project.html
Exams
There will be three Web-based exams, where the exam questions will be provided via the Web and the
student returns the answers via WebCT. See: http://www.rh.edu/~rhb/nm/nm_exams.html
Course Grade Determination
The course grade is based on a weighted sum of the scores for the Team Project, and the three exams:
Grade = 40% (Project Report & Presentation) + 20% (Exam 1) + 20% (Exam 2) + 20% (Exam 3)
Academic Integrity
All members of the Rensselaer at Hartford community are expected to assume responsibility for honor,
honesty, and integrity in their academic work. Violators of a proper code of behavior are subject to the
Grievance and Hearing Procedure described in the Student Handbook. Definitions of academic dishonesty
can be found in the Student Handbook.
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Network Management Exams (via WebCT):
See: http://www.rh.edu/~rhb/nm/nm_exams.html
* You can take the quiz at anytime within the span of availability (1 week).
* You get one and only one attempt and once you start the exam you will have no more than six hours to
enter/finish your answers and submit the exam.
* You can start the exam at any time within the week - BUT know that all answers must be submitted by
midnight on the last day given below. (If you start one minute before midnight on the last day – you only get
1 minute!!).
* If you have no experience with WebCT quizes - then you should take the practice quiz one or two weeks
before your first quiz! Get use to the WebCT quiz tool.
Quiz 1 will be available or posted on October 11th and completed by October 18th. The scope of the first
quiz will be based on material covered in Weeks 1-4.
* Week 1
o Network Management Architectures & Applications
o Network Management Standards and Models
* Week 2
o Configuration Management & Auto-discovery
o Configuration Database & Reports
o Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)
* Week 3
o Structure of Management Information
o Std. Management Information Base (MIBs)
o SNMPv1 Protocol
* Week 4
o Fault Management
o Fault Identification and Isolation
o Event Correlation Techniques
Quiz 2 will be available or posted on November 8th and completed by November 15th. The scope of the
second quiz will be based on material covered in Weeks 5-8.
* Week 5
o SNMP v2 Protocol Specification
o Version 2 MIB Enhancements
o MIB-II, Case Diagrams
* Week 6
o Security Management
o Protecting Sensitive Information
o Host and User Authentication
o Manager and Agent Authentication
o Key Management
* Week 7
o SNMP v3 Protocol & MIB
* Week 8
o SNMP v3 User Based Security Model
o SNMP v3 View Based Access Model
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Quiz 3 will be available or posted on December 6th and completed by December 13th. The scope of the
second quiz will be based on material covered in Weeks 9-11.
* Week 9
o Accounting Management
o Performance Management
o Network Usage, Metrics and Quotas
* Week 10
o Remote Network Monitoring RMON 1
o Statistics Collection
o Alarms and Filters
* Week 11
o Remote Network Monitoring RMON 2
o Monitoring Network Protocol Traffic
o Application-Layer Visibility
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