A comprehensive tour of the available network management technologies available for todays networks. After defining network management the course moves onto basic tools such as nmap that can be used to manage networks. SNMP is then covered in detail followed by the *flow technologies and streaming telemetry. SDN is then covered with course culminating with network automation and configuring networks with ansible. Hands on sessions are used to reinforce the theory rather than teach specific manufacturer equipment.
Those wishing to manage networks.
5 days
What is network management? Benefits, issues. FCAPS model. Fault management, Configuration management, accounting, performance, security. What to manage, what not to manage. Managing network devices, managing servers.
Ping..., SSH, syslog, TFTP for configurations. nmap. Wireshark. Web based management. Splunk. Nessus, snort, Kali.
Hands on syslog, network inventories.
SNMP architecture, SNMP MIBs, SMI, the SNMP protocol, polling security.
Auto discovery for management stations, NMS configuration, agent configuration, traps.
Hands on Configuring agents and a NMS.
SNMP history, RFCs, standards, SNMP protocol versions, SNMPv1, SNMPv2, SNMPv3, SNMP security, SMI versions, which version should you use? Futures.
Hands on SNMPv3.
WThe internet MIB branch, standard mib-2, extra parts of mib-2, private enterprise MIBs, loading extra MIBs.
Hands on MIB browsing.
What SNMP is good at. What SNMP is bad at. Review of network management systems.
Microsoft, Linux, application polling. WMI vs SNMP.
Hands on Application polling.
Polling, push vs pull, netflow, sflow, IPFIX, *flow. Streaming telemetry. Flows. Where to monitor traffic. Comparing *flow with SNMP.
Generators and collectors. When flows are exported. NetFlow reporting products. SolarWinds.
Hands on Netflow configuration. Collectors.
XML/NETCONF, JSON/RESTCONF, Protocol buffers/gRPC.
Hands on Packet analysis.
What is SDN? benefits. SDN architecture. SDN applications, SDN switches, SDN controllers, Network Operating Systems. Control plane, data plane. Northbound interfaces. SDN components. Southbound interfaces. OpenFlow. ONF, OpenFlow ports, Flow tables.
Virtual networks, virtual switches, NfV. Service chaining. NfV and SDN.
Classic SDN, Hybrid SDN, SDN via APIs, SDN via overlays. Data centre SDN, VXLAN, Service Provider SDN, SD WAN, Enterprise SDN, WiFi.
OpenDaylight, OpenVSwitch, Open Networking Forum, Open Network Operating System.
Hands on OpenStack.
Programming and automating networks, Devops for network operations. chef, puppet, ansible, saltstack, GNS3, Jenkins.
CLI, SSH, NETCONF and YANG, REST and RESTCONF, OPENCONFIG.
Hands on NETCONF.
Ansible architecture, Controlling machines, nodes, Agentless, SSH, modules. Inventories, playbooks, modules, network modules, jinja2 templates.
Hands on Installing ansible, configuring network devices with ansible.
Programming models and options, Python, Git and Github. Python network modules, ncclient, pysnmp, SSH, paramiko, netmiko, NAPALM.
Hands on Python with network modules.
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This structured course uses Instructor Led Training to provide the best possible learning experience. Small class sizes ensure students benefit from our engaging and interactive style of teaching with delegates encouraged to ask questions throughout the course. Quizzes follow each major section allowing checking of learning. Hands on sessions are used throughout to allow delegates to consolidate their new skills.