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Project description
5 Marks

Learning Outcome(s):

Describe network management issues, standards and architecture.

1. Objectives

The main objective of this project is to let you know in more detail the design and description process of a Management Information Base (MIB). A simple case will be studied and treated with the formalism dictated by SMI-v2 described by RFC 1213.

2. Introduction

SMI-v2 uses only a very small subset of ASN.1 and has few templates to formally describe an information base.
RFC 1213 gives the formalism to use a description of a MIB that will be handled with the SNMP protocol. This project will therefore ask you to familiarize yourself with this RFC.

3. Presentation of the context and design of the MIB

You should design a private Management Information Base to supervise a host. The goal is to use SNMP to communicate the information to a network management application and to be able to automatically control the state, generate useful reports and possibly detect performance or security issues.
– What information would be required to manage a host?
– Distinguish between the simple variables and their types, and the tables necessary for this information base.

4. Formal description of the MIB

For this part, we will offer you a simplified MIB in the Appendix. According to an informal description, you must format this MIB in accordance with the SMI-v2 standard. Pay particular attention to how a table should be described, and to the DESCRIPTION field of each object.
– Name the module containing the MIB using the following format: studentName-StudentID-MIB,
– Choose the OID (Object Identifier) ​​of each element,
– Define a coherent tree structure,
– Use the ASN.1 syntax for the types of the elements.
-Write the complete MIB in text format using the SMI-v2 standard

5. Appendix

A-The elements to consider for the design of the MIB are:
1- Percentage of free CPU “freeCPULoad”
2- Percentage of unallocated memory “freeMemoryLoad”
3- If the workstation is an “isWebServer” web server
4- The operating system version “version”
5- The old start date of the “lastHostReboot” system
6- The number of current users that are logged into the “usersNumber” workstation
7- A table of these users: “usersTable”
8- The user’s login name, “userId”
9- The date of the opening of the session, “userLoginDate”
B-Example of object type definition under SMI-v2.

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Instructions:

Project description
5 Marks

Learning Outcome(s):
Evaluate different SNMP tools, network statistics tools, and protocol analyzer for network management.

1. Objectives

The main objective of this project is to familiarize with network management and monitoring tools.

2. Introduction

According to comparitech web site (https://www.comparitech.com/net-admin/network-monitoring-tools/) selecting a network management and monitoring tool is a challenging task for network administrator due to various factors such as the huge number of tools in the market, the environment and the budget.

3. Presentation of the best network tools for monitoring

Also, according to the website, the 10 best network monitoring tools for 2021 are presented as follows:
1.
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2.
Datadog Network Performance Monitoring (FREE TRIAL)
 A cloud-based monitoring system for onsite, remote, cloud, or hybrid network resources.
3.
ManageEngine OpManager (FREE TRIAL)
 Network monitor that can monitor SNMP devices, switches, servers, and virtualized network services.
4.
Progress WhatsUp Gold (FREE TRIAL)
 A network performance monitor that utilizes SNMP to check on network device health and can be expanded by paid add-ons to monitor other resources. Installs on Windows Server.
5.
Site24x7 Network Monitoring (FREE TRIAL)
 A combined IT infrastructure, applications, and user behavior monitoring service available in the cloud.
6.
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor (FREE TRIAL)
 Free network monitoring software that uses SNMP, packet sniffing and WMI to monitor your network.
7. Nagios Core – One of the top open-source network monitoring tools. Includes a dashboard view, alerts system, community plugins, and more.
8. Zabbix – Open source network monitoring software with SNMP and IPMP monitoring. Includes an alerts system and community plugins.
9. Icinga – Open source network monitoring system with a DSL. Includes extensions.
10. Spiceworks Connectivity Dashboard – Free network monitoring software with a high-quality dashboard and simple alert system.

4. Required work

Select one tool among the best network monitoring tools using SNMP presented in section 3 and perform the following tasks:
1. Describe the monitoring tool and provide two arguments to support your choice (0.5 mark).
2. Download and install the monitoring tool in your computer by giving the screenshot of his interface (0.5 mark).
3. Configure the SNMP management tool by selecting the SNMP version, credentials, community name, context and so on by giving the screenshot for various selected parameters needed for configuration (0.5 mark).
4. Make a discover of the network to know the connected devices in your network by providing the screenshot of the network map (0.5 mark).
5. Describe three network analyzes provided by the monitoring tool by giving three screenshots and describe their network parameters (3 marks). Use three different analyze categories like Performance/Top 10, Log/SNMP Trap and Tools/SNMP MIB Walker.

5- Appendix

1-Example of network management tool interface based on SNMP.

2- Example of scan results of the network.

3- Example of network analyze that can be performed by the network management tool.