1. Course Outline Network Management Spring 2015 Bahador Bakhshi
CE & IT Department, Amirkabir University of Technology

2. What This Course Is You all know what network management is 
Configure and monitor computer networks
So, what are you doing here?
This course:
A systematic approach to network management
Organize your mind about network management
Who is who? What is what?
Why & How?
This is an engineering course
You will learn practical technologies & standards

3. What This Course Is Not A pure scientific/math/theory course
If you love complicated theories, proof, formulations, …, unfortunately, this course is going to be boring for you 
Specific network management system class
While we will use NM tools in HWs; however, we don’t focus on specific NM system
Hard to understand concepts
Almost all technologies are easy to learn
But, really hard to implement in real network!!

4. Course Advantages
We study and understand technologies that are used in real networks
We don’t discuss about pure abstract problems
An engineering course
Use these technologies in industry
Better resume: SNMPv1&2&3, FCAPS, eToM, …
More job opportunities (more money )
(Usually) Technologies are easier than sciences
High course grade if you want 

5. Course Possible Disadvantages
We study technologies
Technologies have limited life time
Our knowledge will expire
Some programming languages & technologies may not be used 10 years later
However, the concepts of NM have very long life time
Network management uses many technologies
We need to learn many things
Too many slides & book chapters

6. What We Will Learn
Main question: How are large networks (Service provider, Big Enterprise, Telecos) are managed?
To answer this question, we need the answer of
Q1) What is the network management?
Q2) What is its architecture?
Agents, Protocols, NMS, Organization
Q3) What are common NM protocols?
Q4) Which functions are performed in NMS?
Q5) Which parts of an agent is composed of?
Q6) Which processes are performed in network manager organization?

7. Tentative Syllabus Fundamental of network management Protocols (Q3)
Introduction: What, Why, Who, and Challenges (Q1)
Architecture & Dimensions (Q2)
Protocols (Q3)
Syslog, SNMP, IPFIX, Netconf, …
Functions (Q4)
FCAPS
SNMP v1&v2&v3 (Q3 & Q5)
NGN Management (Q6)
eToM, NGOSS, OSS & BSS

8. Course Policies Textbook & References For exams
Five books
Not whole books , some chapters per topic
For exams
Course slides & the reference chapters
Per topic, there is a list of other references
Same courses in other universities
These are optional reading
15% penalty per day for late submission

9. Course Policies (cont’d)
Course homepage
Course slides, announcements, grades, HWs, …
ceit.aut.ac.ir/~bakhshis/NM
Books & references are on CE fileserver
\\fileserver\common\Bakhshi\Network Management

10. Course Policies: Grading
3 or 4 Homework (~ 30%)
Most are practical
Need to install & run & report NM SW
Midterm (~ 35%)
Final (~ 35%)