CS 6255 -
Principles of Network Management
Fall 2003
TuTh 12:00-1:25 - CCB 101
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for Thursday, November 20 Class Discussion
Description
This course provides an introduction to problems in network management
and the current research in the area.
It covers the general challenges faced in the management of modern
data and telco networks with an emphasis on data network management.
The details of the SNMP protocol and SNMP-based management are
covered as part of this class.
Class participation is an important part of this class. You
will be expected to do the readings and prepare to discuss the
topics and papers presented. During the second half of the semester
you will lead the discussion with a research presentation. You
will also present the results of the semester project during
the last week of class.
Instructor
Russell J. Clark, PhD
Main office: 221 GCATT (250 14th Street)
Office phone: 404.894.6705
Office hours: T-Th 11:00-12:00 CoC Commons Area (or by appointment)
rjc@cc.gatech.edu
Email is always the most reliable way to reach me.
Newsgroup
news:git.cc.class.cs6255
The newsgroup will be used to answer clarification questions
about homework assignments, answer common questions on programming,
post class announcements, make corrections to assignments
(if needed), etc. You should read the newsgroup regularly.
Assignments
Semester Project
You will be working in groups of 2-3 students on a significant
research project in the area of network management. You
should begin the first week by forming a project team and
starting to research various areas of network management
for your project. Most projects will include a some amount of
implementation work.
- August 28 - Identify project teams and register with the instructor
- Sept 11 - Written project proposal - topic must be pre-approved with instructor
- Oct 23 - Interim project report
- Dec 2 - Final project report and presentation
Project Ideas
- Performance Monitoring Interface for CoC Network
- Topology and Dependency Visualization of CoC Network
- Analysis of LAWN utilization and mobility data
- Internet Routing Analysis and Visualization based on BGP data
- A web based SNMP to XML proxy
- An RMON probe implementation based on the UCD SNMP agent
- Network service monitoring with Root Cause Analysis
- Analysis of the technical aspects of the MCI code tampering scheme
- Intrusion Detection systems design as part of the core network architecture
Previous project presentations:
MPLS configuration,
Application Management Agent
| Team Members |
Topic |
Background Presentation |
Final Presentation |
Jonathan D'Andries
Abrar Ul Haque
Naila Farooqui
|
Root Cause Analysis
|
October 21
paper
slides
|
December 2 |
Lars Fiedler
Cody Spencer
|
Service Monitoring Tools
|
October 21
paper
slides
snmpdata 1
snmpdata 2
|
December 2 |
Alex Pivoshenko
Donghan Li
|
Data Mining for Intrusion Detection
|
October 23
paper
slides
|
December 2 |
GJ Halfond
Ben Snively
|
Intrusion Detection Systems - Distributed Architectures/Performance
|
October 23
paper
|
December 2 |
slides
Tim Schmoyer
Rebecca Shillingburg
|
Intrusion Detection Systems with Wireless
|
October 28
paper
slides
|
December 2 |
Jamie Booth
Ola Nordstrom
Lei Li
|
Wireless LAWN Data Analysis and Visualization
|
October 28
paper 1
paper 2
slides
|
December 2 |
Yang Chu
Borna Safabakhsh
|
Web-based Performance Reporting - MIB II
|
October 30
paper
slides
|
December 4 |
Ted Liao
Jesse Shieh
Xin Zhang
|
Traffic Measurement and Monitoring - Active Measurement
|
October 30
paper
|
December 4 |
Ziyang Wang
Zhongtang Cai
|
Topology and Dependency Visualization
|
November 4
paper 1
paper 2
talk
|
December 4 |
Graham Rodrigue
Reid MacTavish
|
BGP Routing Analysis and Visualization
|
November 4
paper
|
December 4 |
Bill Tice
Thomas Hildebrandt
|
Audio NM Interface
|
November 6
paper
talk
|
December 4 |
| Muhammad Faisal Khan
|
Network Billing Systems
|
November 6
paper
|
December 4 |
Topic Presentations
Throughout the semester we will be covering various current research
topics in network management. Over the next 15 weeks, each of you
will lead one research discussion, probably along with one other student.
You will present a topic based on outside research using texts and
papers in the area. You will "assign" the class reading for that
day and prepare a 45-minute presentation. I will be posting a
schedule shortly and you will need to pick a topic and date for
your presentation.
Supplements to Assignments
- RFC's of Interest
- Network Management Tools and Web Resources
Exam Review Notes
Watch this space for other supplements!
Exams
Exam dates will not change. I do not give makeup exams. Make sure you
can be here for these dates.
- Mid-Term Exam - Thursday, October 9; closed book and notes
- Final Exam - TBD; Final Exam time will be used
for final semester project presentations.
Resources
- Textbook
- Network Management: Principles
and Practice,
Mani Subramanian. Published by Addison Wesley.
The syllabus contains references to reading in the text.
The text will be supplemented with handouts and web pointers.
- Reference Texts
- William Stallings,
SNMP, SNMPv2, SNMPv3, AND RMON 1 and 2,
Addison-Wesley, Third Edition, 1999.
- Marshall T. Rose, The Simple Book, Prentice Hall PTR, 1996.
- Allan Leinwand and Karen Fang,
Network Management; A Practical Perspective,
Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., 2nd Edition, 1996.
Grading and Academic Honesty
Your grade will be determined by your performance on homework assignments
(which will include some programming) and exams. The weights are
as follows:
- Class Participation - 30%
- Midterm Exam - 35%
- Final Project - 35%
Students are expected to abide by the Georgia Tech Honor Code. Honest
and ethical behavior is expected at all times. All incidents of
suspected dishonesty will be reported to and handled by the office of
student affairs.
Topic Outline (updated weekly)
- Introduction - Aug 19-21 - Ch. 1
- Network Components - Aug 26 - Ch. 2
- Standards, Models - Aug 28 - Sections 3.1-3.5
- ASN.1 and BER - Sep 2 - Sections 3.6-3.9
- SNMP the (not so) Simple Network Management Protocol
- SMI, MIB's and MIB-II - Sep 4,9 - Ch. 4
- SNMP Protocol Operations, BER example, SNMP Tables - Sep 9,16 - Ch. 5
- Net Management Tool Demos - Sep 23
- Remote Monitoring with RMON and RMON2 - Sep 25,30 - Ch. 8
- MIB Design - Sep 30
- SNMP v3, Management Security - Oct 2,7 - Ch. 7
- Configuration Management, Network Discovery - - Sections 12.1.3 and 13.1
- Performance Monitoring -
- Service Level Monitoring -
- Fault Correlation and Root Cause Analysis -
paper
- K. Papagiannaki, R. Cruz, C. Diot.
Network Performance Monitoring at Small Time Scales.
In ACM Internet Measurement Conference, Miami, U.S.A.,
October 2003.
paper - November 18 Class Discussion
- Web Delay Studies -
paper
- Internet Routing Studies -
paper - November 20 Class Discussion
- WBEM and XML-based network Management
- Network Security - Intrusion Detection Systems
Russell J. Clark
Created: Wed Aug 13 18:26:26 2003