INTRODUCTION TO NETWORK MANAGEMENT

FALL 1998 CS 4803B / CS 8113B

COURSE OUTLINE

Instructor: Prof. Mani Subramanian

Room 264, GCATT Building

Tele: 894-6562

e-mail: manis@cc.gatech.edu

Office Hours: Regular: Tuesday and Thursday 9:30 to 10:00 AM

Other times by appointment

Teaching Assistant: Minaxi Gupta

Room 265, GCATT Building

Tele:

e-mail: minaxi@cc.gatech.edu

Office Hours:

Course Objectives: 1.Learn basics of network and system management with emphasis on:
      1. Familiarization of network and network management for a career in the industry or to pursue further research on the subject

 

Grading: Midterm exam 30%

Homework 30%

Project 30%

Class Participation 10%

Class Notes: Class notes will be generated and distributed on Web page classes/cs8113b_98_fall. (To be published as textbook by Addison-Wesley).

Reference books:

  1. SNMP, SNMPv2 and RMON, William Stallings, Addison-Wesley, Second Edition, 1996
  2. Integrated Network and System Management, Heinz-Gerd Hegering and Sebastian Abeck, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1995
  3. The Simple Book: An Introduction to Network Management, Marshall T. Rose, Prentice Hall PTR, 1996
  4. Network and Distributed Systems Management, Morris Sloman, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1994
  5. Network Management, Allan Leinwand and Karen Fang, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1993

 

Course Schedule

Class

Date

Notes Chapter

Subject

1

09/24/97

1

Data Communications and NM Overview

2

09/29/97

1,2

Data Communications and NM Overview

Computer Network Technology

3

10/01/97

2

Computer Network Technology

4

10/06/97

3

Technical Foundation of Network Management

5

10/08/97

3

Technical Foundation of Network Management

6

10/13/97

4

SNMP Management

7

10/15/97

4

SNMP Management

8

10/20/97

4

SNMP Management

9

10/22/97

4

SNMP Management

10

10/27/97

5

Advanced SNMP NM: Snmpv2 and SNMPv3

11

10/29/97

4

Midterm Exam

12

11/03/97

5

Advanced SNMP NM: RMON

13

11/05/97

6

Broadband Network Management

14

11/10/97

7

Telecommunications Management Network

15

11/12/97

8

Network Management Systems and Tools

16

11/17/97

9

Network Management Applications

17

11/19/97

10

Web-based Network Management

18

11/24/97

 

Visit to NOC

19

12/01/97

 

Project Presentations

20

12/03/97

 

Project Presentations

 

Topics for Projects

      1. Set up LAN network with network management
    1. Projects on NM for broadband HFC network
    2. Projects on NM for broadband ADSL network
    3. Configuration and testing of cable modems
    4. Web server for NMS
    5. Web-based NMS
    6. Management of VLAN
    7. Management of ATM
    8. NMS for Nortel switch in Network Lab.