SYLLABUS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ENGINEER COURSE (TSEC)
US Army School of Information Technology
Fort Gordon, GA
Network Management and Operation
INSTRUCTOR: Joseph Kabara, Ph.D. ()
US FALCON COURSE REPRESENTATIVE: MR. WADE BERZETT
()
DATES: Eight Sessions
Lecture Hours: 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Office Hours: 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
One Review Session 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Final Exam Session 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
LOCATION: Room – TBA, Fort Gordon, GA
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The course discusses network management. It is composed of five major topics: network utilization and delay, structure of management information, protocol(s) for transporting information, sampling of data, and construction of network management channels. Extensive in-class examples are used to reinforce concepts.
TEXTBOOKS:
1. Clemm, Alexander, Network Management Fundamentals, Cisco Press, 2007.
REFERENCES:
1. Roger L Freeman, Telecommunications Transmission Handbook, 4th Ed, Wiley – IEEE, 1998.
2. www.iana.org
3. www.ietf.org
4. www.ieee.org.
GRADING:
Homework Assignments 30%
Final Exam 70%
Total 100%
· Homework assignments are used to reinforce concepts discussed in class.
· One homework problem will be given, as appropriate, as a quiz to help students recognize their class standing.
· Homework solutions will be distributed to students.
· Final Exam is closed book/closed notes: A single 8½x11 formula sheet will be allowed: handwritten, no photocopies.
· According to TSEC policy, a passing grade is 70% of final exam in addition to a 70% course average.
PLAGIARISM:
Academic honesty is expected of all students. Refer to TSEC Management SOP paragraph 21.
COURSE TOPICS:
Module 1: Network Management Model(s)
Readings: Clem, 5
Lecture Slides
· Topics
o Definition
o FCAPS Model
o Standardization Organizations
o Network Management protocols beyond SNMP
Module 2: Network Utilization and Delay
Readings: Clem, 6
· Topics
o Review of Network Protocols from Netman perspective
o Times
o Packet and Frame formats
o Netman questions
§ Channel capacity requirements
§ Delay calculation
Module 3: Network Utilization and Delay and Structure of Management Information
Assignment: #1 due
Readings: Clem 8 (pgs 249-257)
Lecture Slides
· Topics
o Netman questions continued
o Management Information Concepts
o Structuring Management Information for ease of access
o Model for organizing Management Information
o Standards for the structure
Module 4: Transport of Management Information (SNMP), Using protocols for management activities and Sampling of Data
Readings: Clem 2, 7
Lecture Slides
· Topics
o SNMP Protocol
o Frame format
o Field Coding
o Sampling Concepts
o FCAPS
o SNMP operations to implement FCAPS
o MIB variables to implement FCAPS
Module 5: SNMP v2 and V3
Assignment: #2 due
Readings: Clem 8, pgs 258-260
Lecture Notes
· Topics
o Continued FCAPS
§ SNMP operations to implement FCAPS
§ MIB variables to implement FCAPS
o V2 Extensions
o V3 Security
o AAA operations
o Proxies
Module 6: Remote Monitoring
Readings: Notes
· Topics
o Data Collection
o Statistics Calculations
o Remote Probes
o MIB Extensions
Module 7: Network Management Channels and Security
Assignment: #3 due
Readings: Clem pgs 307-308
Lecture Notes
· Topics
o In-band and Out-of-band signalling
o VLANs for management
o MPLS
§ concepts
§ packet forwarding
§ Labels
§ Traffic Engineering
o MPLS Virtual Private LAN Service
Module 8: Other Network Management tools
Assignment: #4 due
Readings: Clem 8, pgs 267-291
Lecture Notes
· Topics
o NetFlow
o Call Based Records
o Network Address Translation
o Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
o Domain Name Service
o Trivial File Transfer
Module 09: Structured Review