An Introduction to SNMP

First Technology Transfer Ltd

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In Carshalton

£ 1,140 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    Carshalton

  • Duration

    3 Days

Understanding the functions and management data representation mechanisms used by SNMP. Appreciation of the way in which SNMP can be used to manage hubs, switches and routers. Know how to use SNMP for network tuning and troubleshooting. Understand RMON's capabilities for monitoring local and remote LANs. Be able to interpret MIBs and extend them as new devices are added to. Suitable for: The course will be useful to a wide range of interests related to network monitoring and management. network engineers, designers and administrators. managers with network systems responsibilities. planners and project managers. network administration automation implementers. The course assumes a basic knowledge of networking and TCP/IP.

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Location

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Carshalton (Surrey)
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1-3 Fairlands House, North Street, SM5 2HW

Start date

On request

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Course programme

Overview
The purpose of this course is to lay the technical foundations of network management using SNMP. In addition to covering SNMPv1, SNMPv2 and SNMPv3, RMON1 and RMON2 the course also overviews
  • Application development using SNMP - in particular implementing network management automation applications using scripting languages such as Tcl/TK and Perl/TK
  • Implementing database based applications for performance monitoring and trend analysis
  • Use of SNMP in Network Trobleshooting situations
802.11 Wireless LANS - deployment, configuring and interfacing and community networks are also overviewed.

Key Skills

  • Understanding the functions and management data representation mechanisms used by SNMP.
  • Appreciation of the way in which SNMP can be used to manage hubs, switches and routers.
  • Know how to use SNMP for network tuning and troubleshooting
  • Understand RMON's capabilities for monitoring local and remote LANs
  • Be able to interpret MIBs and extend them as new devices are added to the network

Course Contents
Fundamentals of SNMP
  • SNMP versions
  • Managers and Agents
  • Management Information Structure and MIBs
  • Remote Monitoring (RMON)
SNMP in greater depth
  • SNMP and UDP
  • SNMP communities
  • Abstract Syntax Notation (ASN.1)
  • SNMP operations
    • Get, Get-Next, Set Trap, Get-Bulk
    • Inform
    • Authentication
Network Management Stations (NMS)
  • Hardware and networking requirements
  • NMS architectures
    • Single
    • Distributed
    • Use of private links for network management
    • Web-based network management
SNMP compatible hardware Interface management with SNMP
  • Ethernet/802.3
  • Fast Ethernet
  • FDDI
  • E1/T1
  • Frame Relay
Network Component Management with SNMP
  • Hubs, Switches, Routers
    • traffic levels and error rates
    • protocol configuration parameters
    • routing tables
    • Private MIBs - e.g. CISCO router MIBs
Network management software
  • SNMP agents
  • NMS suites
  • Vendor specific management
  • Trend analysis
  • HP's Open View
Practice of SNMP Network Management
  • Configuring the NMS
  • Configuring SNMP agents
  • Polling and Setting
  • Retrieving single and multiple MIB values
  • Dealing with error responses
  • Internal and external polling
  • Traps - sending and receiving
  • Extensible SNMP agents
Developing SNMP applications
  • Net-SNMP command line tools
  • Open View's Extensible Agent
  • Using scripting to automate the gathering and analysis of SNMP information
    • SNMP programming with Perl
    • SNMP programming with Tcl

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