Number and Title of Course: CS558 - Network Management

Instructor(s): Dr. Wayne Summers Office: SCA204 Office phone: (505) 454-3230
Department phone: (505) 454-3295
Office Hours: 10-10:50 A.M. MTWR; 3:00-3:50 P.M. MW; via e-mail, net-meetings and by appointment
e-mail address: summers_wayne@ColumbusState.edu
homepage:http://csc.ColumbusState.edu/summers

Catalog Description of Course: Application of networking concepts related to the management of local area networks. Includes topics related to repair, setup, management, and maintenance of local area networks. (3 credits).
Course Prerequisite: CS457 - Computer Networks or MIS420 Networking in Business Environment or experience with Computer Networks with permission of instructor.

Required Textbook(s):

1. Network Management: Principles and Practice; by Mani Subramanian; Addison Wesley; 2000; ISBN 0-201-35742-9
2. The Cuckoo's Egg : Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage;by Clifford Stoll;Pocket Books;ISBN 0671726889

Supplementary Books and Materials

• Software and manuals found in the lab and on the Internet

General Objectives

1. The course will provide information to students on how to install, maintain, and manage Local Area Networks and internetworks.
2. Students will have an understanding of network management architectures and protocols.
3. Students will become comfortable with using the different TCP/IP Protocols.
4. Students will be comfortable using a variety of network management tools.
5. Students will be familiar with a variety of computer network security issues.

Specific Objectives

1. Diagnose problems and make minor repairs to computer networks using appropriate diagnostics software.
2. Explain and demonstrate how to correctly maintain LAN computer systems.
3. Identify and describe the different types of network topologies and evaluate ways one may be preferred over the other.
4. Maintain the network by performing routine maintenance tasks.
5. Be able to use a variety of TCP/IP tools.
6. Be able to use network management tools.

Major Topics

1. Data Communications and Network Management Overview
2. Review of Computer Network Technology
3. Basic Foundations: Standards, Models, and Language
4. SNMPv1 Network Management: Organization and Information Models
5. SNMPv1 Network Management: Communication and Functional Models
6. SNMP Management: RMON
7. Network Management Tools and Systems
8. Network Management Applications
9. Web-Based Management

Instructional Methods and Techniques

1. The class will meet for two one hour and fifteen minute lecture / discussion periods each week. These sessions will usually be conducted via live chat, but may include some recorded lectures on the instructor's web site.
2. Students will be expected to participate in live chat and asynchronous threaded discussions.
3. All students must have access to networked computers for doing assignments.

Assignments for Course

• Readings from the textbooks
• Outside reading from popular computing and network periodicals like PC-Week, LAN TIMES, etc.
• Readings from documents found on the Internet
• Several lab homework assignments with network management tools.

Evaluation

1. One midterm and final exam over the lectures and readings consisting of both non-essay and essay questions.
2. Homework and lab assignments using different network systems and network management tools.
3. The students would be expected to participate in the Class Discussion Group for CS458/558 and the live chat.
4. Individual project or term paper on Designing and Managing a Network (for Graduate Students)

Class Attendance: Class attendance is the responsibility of the student, and it is the student's responsibility to independently cover any materials/he may miss. Class attendance and participation may also be used in determining grades.

Course Evaluation (tentative):

• Weekly Homework (15 question sets @ 10-20 pts. each) = 150-300 pts.
• Discussion Group, Class Participation and Attendance in online chats = 150 pts.
• One midterm test = 100 pts.
• 1 Comprehensive FINAL EXAM = 200 pts.
• (Graduate students will be expected to do a research paper or project) = 100 pts.

Grades may be determined according to this scale:

A 90% - 100%	B 80% - 89%
C 70% - 79%	D 60% - 69%

Honor Policy: Cheating will not be tolerated. Any student caught cheating will be given a zero on the assignment or exam. Repeat offenders will be given an F for the course and may suffer expulsion from the university. All work must be your own. You may discuss the material in the course and help one another, however, I expect any work you hand in for a grade to be your own. Plagiarism will result in, at best, an "F" for the assignment. A simple way to avoid inadvertent plagiarism is to talk about the assignments, but don't read each other's work or write solutions together. Keep scratch paper and old versions of assignments until after the assignment has been graded and returned to you. If you have any questions about this, please see me immediately.

COURSE OUTLINE (tentative)

DATE	Chapter / Description	Homework (Case Projects)
Week 1: (Jan. 7-11)	1 Data Communications and Network Management Overview (1.1-1.4) Cuckoo's Egg	#1-7 (due Jan. 15)
Week 2: (Jan. 14-18)	1 Data Communications and Network Management Overview (1.6-1.11) Cuckoo's Egg	#10-17 (due Jan. 22)
Week 3: (Jan. 21-25)	2 Review of Computer Network Technologies (2.1-2.3) Cuckoo's Egg	#1-5, 7-9 (due Jan. 29)
Week 4: (Jan. 28 - Feb. 1)	2 Review of Computer Network Technologies (2.4-2.6) Cuckoo's Egg	#10-12,15,16 (due Feb. 5)
Week 5: (Feb. 4 – 8)	3 Basic Foundations: Standards, Models, Language (3.1-3.5)	1-5 (due Feb. 12)
Week 6: (Feb. 11-15)	3 Basic Foundations: Standards, Models, Language (3.6-3.9) 4 SNMPv1 Net. Man.: Organization and Information Models (4.1-4.3)	Ch.3: 6-9, 14; Ch. 4: 1,2,4 (due Feb. 19)
Week 7: (Feb. 18 – 22)	4 SNMPv1 Net. Man.: Organization and Information Models (4.4-4.7)	9,10,12,13,14,16 (due Feb. 26)
Week 8: (Feb. 25 - Mar. 1)	5 SNMPv1 Net. Man.: Communication and Functional Models (5.1-5.2)	1-4, 6, 8, 12, 13 (due Mar. 5)
Week 9: (Mar. 4 - 8)	MIDTERM EXAM 8 SNMP Management: RMON (8.1-8.3)	1, 2 (due Mar. 19)
SPRING BREAK
Week 10: (Mar. 18 – 22)	8 SNMP Management: RMON (8.4-8.6)	3, 4, 7 (due Mar. 26)
Week 11: (Mar. 25 – 28)	12 Network Management Tools and Systems (12.1-12.2)	1-7 (due Apr. 2)
Week 12: (Apr. 2 – 5)	12 Network Management Tools and Systems (12.3-12.7)	8-14 (due Apr. 9)
Week 13: (Apr. 8 – 12)	13 Network Management Applications (13.1-13.4)	1,2,3,6,8,11 (due Apr. 16)
Week 14: (Apr. 15 - 19)	13 Network Management Applications (13.5-13.9)	20, 21, 22, 24 (due Apr. 23)
Week 15: (Apr. 22 – 26)	14 Web-Based Managment (14.1-14.9)	2, 3, 6 ,8 (due Apr. 30)
Week 16: - May 2 (Thursday)	FINAL EXAM	11 – 2 p.m.