Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Network management and configuration

Code

10487

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Department

Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica

Credits

6.0

Teacher in charge

Paulo da Costa Luís da Fonseca Pinto, Pedro Miguel Figueiredo Amaral

Weekly hours

4

Total hours

84

Teaching language

Português

Objectives

Give the students a practical and operational vision of  computer networks concepts.

Upon successful completion the student should be able to:

Configure a distributed communications network including: network infrastrucure planning, network element configuration and network managment. Covering enterprise campus networks, metro acess networks and service provider core networks.

Be capable of implementing advanced switching (layer 2) and routing (layer 3) designs

Have knowledge of latest network design and technologies, including network infrastructure, intelligent network services and converged network solutions.

Prerequisites

Previous sucess in the course Redes Integradas de Telecomunicações I is advised but not mandatory.

The student should have knowledge of computer networks based in the TCP/IP stack.

Subject matter

Network Architectures
Review of the most common network types and associated technology

Switching
Collision domains and broadcast domains. VLANs as a means to reduce broadcast domains.
Configuring Link Aggregation with EtherChannel
Configuring Trunks to transport several VLANs
Spanning Tree Protocol versions and configuration
Configuring Private VLANs
Routing Between VLANs - Router on a stick and Multilayer switches
Routing

IPv4 and IPv6 addressing
EIGRP Design, configuration and verification
OSPF Design, configuration and verification
Route maps, access control lists and prefix lists
BGP Design, configuration and verification

Next generation networks

Ethernet enhancements for metro ethernet and multi-tenant datacenter networks
MPLS based networks
Network virtualization

Bibliography

"Implementing Cisco Switched Networks Foundation Learning guide" Richard Froom, Balai Sivasubramarian and Erun Frahim, Cisco Press 2010.

"Implementing Cisco IP routing Foundation Learning guide" Diane Teare, Cisco Press 2010.

Sanchez, R. (2008). Ethernet as a carrier grade technology: developments and innovations. Communications Magazine, IEEE, (September).

Salam, S., & Sajassi, A. (2008). "Provider backbone bridging and MPLS: complementary technologies for next-generation carrier ethernet transport". Communications Magazine, IEEE, (March). 

Allan, D., & Ashwood-Smith, P. (2010). "Shortest path bridging: efficient control of larger ethernet networks". Communications Magazine, IEEE, (October).

Decusatis, C. (2012). Communication within clouds: open standards and proprietary protocols for data center networking. Communications Magazine, IEEE, (September). 

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