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
Be capable of developing small software programs to perform simple tasks in software defined networks.
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 and good programming skills.
Subject matter
Network Architectures
Review of the most common network types and associated technology
Switched Networks
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
Routing Between VLANs
Routed Networks
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
Service Provider networks
Access Networks - Types of service.
Ethernet supported services ((Provider Bridging 802.1ad and Provider Backbone Bridging 802.1ah)
MPLS supported services (VPNs Layer 3, Pseudowires e VPNs Layer 2 ou VPLS)
Software Defined Networks
Control plane and forwarding plane separation.
Southbound API, the OpenFlow protocol.
Network virtualization.
SDN use cases, examples.
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.
"Software Defined Networks a comprehensive approach" Paul Goransson and Chuck Black, Morgan Kaufmann, 2014.
Sanchez, R. (2008). Ethernet as a carrier grade technology: developments and innovations. Communications Magazine, IEEE, (September).
Decusatis, C. (2012). Communication within clouds: open standards and proprietary protocols for data center networking. Communications Magazine, IEEE, (September).