CS 8803D / CS 4803D -- Introduction to Network Management
Spring 2000 - CCB 102
Course Information

Instructor: Prof. Mani Subramanian
Room 264, GCATT Building
E-mail: manis@cc.gatech.edu
Tel: 894.6562
Office Hours: Wed. 11:00 -- 11:30, CCB 244 or by appointment.

TA: Oleg Kolesnikov
E-mail: ok@cc.gatech.edu

Objectives: 1. Get introduced to the broad spectrum of network, system and applications management.
2. Gain in-depth theoretical and practical knowledge of SNMP management.
3. Familiarization of network and network management for a career in the industry or to pursue further research on the subject.

Grading:
Homework:   30%
Exam 1:   20%
Exam 2:   20%
Project:   25%
Attendance / Class participation:    5%

Reading assignment: Read sections of textbook to be covered in the next class.

Homework policy: Submit in class on due-date. Late submission (maximum 24 hours) to TA accepted with 20% penalty in grade.

Textbook: Mani Subramanian, Network Management: Principles and Practice, Addison-Wesley, 2000.

References Books: 1. William Stallings, SNMP, SNMPv2, SNMPv3, AND RMON 1 and 2, Addison-Wesley, Third Edition, 1999.
2. Marshall T. Rose, The simple Book, Prentice Hall PTR, 1996.
3. Allan Leinwand and Karen Fang, Network Management; A Practical Perspective, Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., 2nd Edition, 1996.

Schedule:

Date

Chapter.Section

Subject

     

1/7-12

Ch 1

Overview

1/12-19

Ch 1, Ch 2

Overview, Computer Technology

1/21-28

Ch 3

Standards, Models and ASN.1

1/28-2/7

Ch 4

SNMPv1

2/9-11

Ch 5

SNMP Protocol

2/14

 

Exam 1

2/16-21

Ch 6

SNMPv2

2/23-28

Ch 7

SNMPv3

2/25

Selection of project group members

3/1-3

Ch 8

RMON

3/13-17

Ch 9

Broadband services: ATM Management

3/20-22

Ch 10.1-10.5

HFC Management

3/24-27

Ch 10.6-10.8

ADSL Management

3/29

Ch 11

TMN

3/29

Report on outline of the project and deliverables

3/31

 

Exam 2

4/3

 

NOC Visit

4/5-10

Ch 12

NM Tools and Systems

4/12-17

Ch 13

NM Applications

4/19-21

Ch 14

Web-based management

4/24

Reports on the projects (one per project: identify individual contributions).

4/24/28

 

Project Presentations (Everybody in a group is expected to make a presentation).

Communication of Information:

Homeworks:

Solutions are posted to git.cc.class.cs8803d newsgroup.

Project: