Network Management

Objectives

The learning objectives in terms of theoretical and practical approaches are:

  • Consider the activities involved in the management of distributed equipment, services and applications;
  • Choose the most appropriate technologies to carry out these activities;
  • Identify the costs and main limitations of applying these technologies in various implementation scenarios.
  • Know some relevant research on the state of the art of service management, in particular with regard to the standardization of the representation of management information;
  • Catalog management activities;
  • Identify the most basic management activities that guarantee the configuration and normal operation of TCP/IP networks and their main distributed services and applications;
  • Define specifications for representation and parameterization of performance and quality of services, applications and networks;
  • Define conceptualization languages ​​for strategic, administrative and functional management.

Program

  1. Motivation
    • Unstandardized network management and ad-hoc management
    • Management activities
    • Need for standardization
  2. Introduction to Management Architectures
    • FCAPS classification
    • Object-oriented data models
    • OSI and TMN
    • Introduction to INMF/SNMP
  3. INMF/SNMP Architecture
    • Data model: SMI and MIB
    • Administrative model
    • Communication paradigm: SNMP protocol
    • Security: VACM and USM
    • Study of MIB-II and Interfaces-MIB
  4. Technologies Complementary to SNMP
    • DMTF standards for distributed management
    • Management based on Web infrastructure and protocols
    • Management by mobile agents and/or delegation
    • Strategies to enhance security
  5. Service Management
    • Operational, Administrative, and Strategic Management
    • Policy-based management
    • Integrated management, automation, and autonomization
  6. Common Tools
    • Ping, Traceroute, ss, ip
    • MRTG, Neo, Nagios, Sysmon
    • Oak, TCPDump/Wireshark, Nmap
    • NetSNMP, MIB Designer

Bibliography

  • Network Management, An introduction to principles and practice, M. Subramanian, Addison Wesley, 2nd Ed, 2012
  • The Practice of System and Network Administration, T. Limoncelli, C. Hogan & S. Chalup, 2nd Ed, Addison-Wesley, 2007
  • Essential SNMP, Douglas Mauro, Kevin Schmidt, O’Reilly, 2005
  • Network Services Management Framework, Bruno Dias, PhD Thesis, Universidade do Minho, 2004
  • Open Source Network Administration, James Kretchmar, Prentice Hall, 2003

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