GARNET-AfNOG-NSRC Network Monitoring and Management Workshop

The Network Startup Resource Center (​NSRC), the African Network Operators Group (​AfNOG) and the Ghanaian Academic and Research Network (​GARNET) are teaching a five-day Network Monitoring and Management and IP Addressing Workshop with a group of network engineers from universities throughout Ghana. The program includes a day of practical planning for IP Address Management at attendee institutions, 4 days of Network Monitoring and Management and several sessions on implementing BGP - all of these topics are to help continue with developing robust, high performance National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in Ghana as GARNET begins to take form.

knust-logo.gif Dates: November 14-19, 2011
Location: ​Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science and Technology, Kumasi

Objectives

  • Train University network engineering staff on how to develop a comprehensive IP addressing plan
  • Learn to implement best practices in network monitoring and management of campus networks using open source software
  • Improve technical skills with university network personnel in operating their physical networks
  • Strengthen the GARNET technical community (human network) in developing GARNET's cyberinfrastructure
  • Develop a design methodology to facilitate successful participation in National and Regional Research and Education Networks.

Workshop Items

Network Operations

Monitoring Software

These services were available during the workshop:

  • bandwidthd (Performance)
  • Cacti (Performance)
  • Nagios (Availability)
  • NSRC (Documentation)
  • NFSen/NetFlow (Performance)
  • Request Tracker (Ticketing System)
  • Smokeping (Reliability)
  • WebSVN (Change Management)

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