Instructors:
Hervey Allen, Phil Regnauld

Who should attend:
Engineers and system staffs at ISPs and large networks including academic networks who are involved system management, network monitoring, and telemetry. The course is for those who need to manage diverse Network and NOC operations.

Pre-Requisites:
Good knowledge of Unix, IPv4 addressing and general network concepts.

Topics Covered:
The workshop will be a combination of theory and lab. The lab will constitute about 60% of the total course. Ubuntu Linux server version will be workshop platform. The course will cover:

1. General Network Management and Planning Principles
2. SNMP and other network management Protocols
3. MRTG/RRDTool, Nagios, Netflow, SmokePing, Cacti
4. Ticketing systems such as Trac/RT
5. Scripting and adapting tools to your system
6. Rancid and CVS for configuration management
7. Log management and monitoring