Introduction to Network Management

Georgia Tech, Fall Quarter 1997
Designated as CS 4803B and CS 8113B

Instructor:

Professor Mani Subramanian
Room 264, GCATT Building
404 894-6562
manis@cc.gatech.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 9:30 to 10:30am; other times by appointment.

Teaching Assistant:

Brandon Craig Rhodes
Room 265, GCATT Building
bcrhodes@cc.gatech.edu
Office Hours: not yet determined.

Resources

Syllabus.

The document composed by Dr. Subramanian that includes the vital statistics for the course.

Class Notes.

The class notes are also authored by Dr. Subramanian. Since no textbook dealing with network management exists, this text will be the basis of our course.

Homework

• Homework 1. Due 7 October 1997. Answers.
• Homework 2. Due 23 October 1997. Answers.
• Homework 3. Due 11 November 1997. Answers.
• Homework 4. Due 2 December 1997. Answers.

Project Suggestions

The following suggestions were recently included in an announcement by Dr Subramanian:

• SNMP Management tools - There are lots of management tools available in UNIX / LINUX / Windows NT (?) / Web - based systems. A survey and comparative study of these.
• ADSL Management - ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop) is an access technology of multimedia to home. How do we manage this?
• HFC (Hybrid Fiber Coax) plant management using CheetahNet - Cheetahnet is a new monitoring / management system for managing HFC plant. We have just gotten this and needs installing and testing it.
• Web interface to SNMP management system