Academic Year/course:
2023/24
581 - Bachelor's Degree in Telecommunications Technology and Services Engineering
30389 - Network Management
Syllabus Information
Academic year:
2023/24
Subject:
30389 - Network Management
Faculty / School:
110 - Escuela de Ingeniería y Arquitectura
Degree:
581 - Bachelor's Degree in Telecommunications Technology and Services Engineering
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
4
Semester:
First semester
Subject type:
Optional
Module:
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1. General information
The main objective of the subject is to provide the student with an overview of the world of new generation network management both in networks and in services and systems. To do so, we first present the basics of network management , and then focus on the 3 basic pillars of management according to the IETF: SNMP architecture, log management, communications flow information with IPFIX. The subject has an eminent practical approach where students will experiment and program solutions for dynamic network management.
These approaches and objectives are aligned with some of the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, of the Agenda 2030 (https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/es/) and certain specific targets, in such a way that the acquisition of the learning results of the subject provides training and competence to the student to contribute in some measure to the achievement of targets 8.2 of Goal 8, and targets 9.1, 9.5 of Goal 9.
2. Learning results
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Understand general network management concepts such as temporal and functional aspects, the manager/agent model, monitoring and control, and its role within the OSI framework.
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Know the importance of network monitoring and its relationship with network control.
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Learn about the most important approaches to IETF network management, such as the management architecture SNMP.
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Be able to implement a free web-based network monitoring system or other technology of special relevance.
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Understand the differences between information and communication models in network management architectures.
3. Syllabus
Theoretical block
1. Subject overview and introduction
2. Fundamental standards and models
3. SNMP architecture
4. Other sources of information: IPFIX, Syslog, etc.
5. Introduction to Elasticstack as a network management system
Practical block
1. SNMP Agent-Manager Architecture (programming in Python)
2. Device modeling. Building an information model with UML and a data model with SMIv2 (SNMP) 3. Collection of information from endpoints and communication flows
3. Implementation of a network monitoring system
4. Academic activities
Participative lectures (20 hours) Presentation by the teacher of the main contents of the subject, combined with student participation.
Laboratory practices (40 hours). Students will conduct 2-hour practice sessions during 20 sessions.
Supervised practical work (15 hours). This non face-to-face activity will allow progress in all the proposed learning results. The evolution of the work will be periodically presented to the teacher.
Assessment (4 hours). Set of theoretical-practical written tests and presentation of reports or papers used in the assessment of the student's progress. Details can be found in the section corresponding to the evaluation activities
5. Assessment system
The student will be able to pass the subject through continuous assessment. This will consist of class attendance, the completion and delivery of tutored work and the completion of two evaluation tests.
A. The exercises represent 10% of the final grade.
B. The practices will represent 50% of the final grade.
C. The assignments will represent 20% of the final grade.
D. The assessment test will represent 20% of the final grade.
To pass the subject by continuous assessment it is necessary that the grade of each of the parts (A, B, C, D) is higher than 3 points out of 10, and that the average of all the parts is higher than 5.
Students who have not passed the subject by continuous assessment will have a global test in each of the exams established throughout the term. The dates and times of the tests will be determined by the School. The grade for this test will be obtained as follows:
E1: Final exam (100%). Scoring from 0 to 10 points. It is a written test that can include both the problem solving, practical tests in the laboratory as well as theoretical and practical questions formulated in test mode or other mode. This test evaluates all the learning results defined for the subject.
A minimum grade of 5 out of 10 is required to pass the subject.