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This course provides a systematic approach to organizing your mind about network management, practical technologies, and standards. Learn about NM architecture, protocols, and NMS integration. Gain insights on managing large networks and networking principles for industry application. Course outlines include fundamental concepts, protocols like SNMP and IPFIX, management in SDN/NFV, and SNMPv1&v2&v3.
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Course Outline Network Management Spring 2018 Bahador Bakhshi CE & IT Department, Amirkabir University of Technology
What This Course Is • You all know what network management is • Configure and monitor computer networks • So, what are you doing here? • This course: • A systematic approach to network management • Organize your mind about network management • Who is who? What is what? • Why & How? • This is an engineering course • You will learn practical technologies & standards
What This Course Is Not • A pure scientific/math/theory course • If you love complicated theories, proof, formulations, …, unfortunately, this course is going to be boring for you • Specific network management system class • While we will use NM tools in HWs; however, we don’t focus on specific NM system • Hard to understand concepts • Almost all technologies are easy to learn • But, really hard to implement in real network!!
Course Advantages • We study and understand technologies that are used in real networks • We don’t discuss about pure abstract problems • An engineering course • Use these technologies in industry • Better resume: SNMPv1&2&3, FCAPS, eToM, … • More job opportunities (more money ) • (Usually) Technologies are easier than sciences • High course grade if you want
Course Possible Disadvantages • We study technologies • Technologies have limited life time • Our knowledge will expire • Some programming languages & technologies may not be used 10 years later • However, the concepts of NM have very long life time • Network management uses many technologies • We need to learn many things • Too many slides & book chapters
What We Will Learn • Main question: How are large networks (Service provider, Big Enterprise, Telecos) are managed? • To answer this question, we need the answer of • Q1) What is the network management? • Q2) What is its architecture? • Agents, Protocols, NMS, Organization • Q3) What are the common NM protocols? • Q4) Which functions are performed in NMS? • Q5) Which parts of an agent is composed of? • Q6) Which processes in integrated NMS? • Q7) What is new in NM?
Tentative Syllabus • Fundamental of network management • Introduction: What, Why, Who, and Challenges (Q1) • Architecture & Dimensions (Q2) • Protocols (Q3) • Syslog, SNMP, IPFIX, Netconf, … • Functions (Q4) • FCAPS • NMS integration and NM Processes (Q6) • Management in SDN/NFV (Q7) • SNMP v1&v2&v3 (Q3 & Q5)
Course Policies • Textbook & References • Five books • Not whole books , some chapters per topic • For exams • Course slides & the reference chapters • Per topic, there is a list of other references • Same courses in other universities • These are optional reading • 15% penalty per day for late submission
Course Policies (cont’d) • Course homepage • Course slides, announcements, grades, HWs, … • ceit.aut.ac.ir/~bakhshis/NM • Books & references are on CE fileserver • \\fileserver\common\Bakhshi\Network Management
Course Policies: Grading • 3 or 4 Homework (~ 30%) • Most are practical • Need to install & run & report NM SW • Midterm (~ 35%) • Final (~ 35%)