NSRC - TEIN4 NOC - AIT intERLab workshop

Dates: August 25-29
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Host: ​AIT
Venue: ​intERLab

Five day hands-on technical workshop focused on network monitoring and management, network design considerations for research and education institutions, practical use of the ​perfSONAR Toolkit and sessions on software defined networking. The workshop will take place at Asian Institute of Technology's ​intERLab north of Bangkok, Thailand in Pathumthani.

Workshop Items

• Agenda (includes links to presentations and schedule)
• Workshop Participants
• TEIN Country Updates
• Sponsors
• Instructors and Organizers
• Books
• References
• ​Workshop Evaluation (Survey)
• ​Mailing list information & archives
• ​Photos : ​Group Photo

Workshop Goals

• Train network engineering staff from ​TEIN connected countries and NOCs on how to design, build and monitor scalable and sustainable research and education networks.
• Learn current best practices in designing and building hierarchical networks for high speed data transfers.
• Practice installing and using the perfSONAR performance software toolkit to be able to deploy and use the tools after thew workshop.
• Learn best practices and methodology to monitor and manage networks for improved performance and security.
• Discuss Software Defined Networking to demystify how it works and understand potential use in real world situations
• Strengthen the human network of the research and education community in developing national and regional cyberinfrastructure.

Requirements

• Some Linux/UNIX experience
• Knowledge of TCP/IP protocols and layer 2 and layer 3 network basics

Recommended Software

• PuTTY for Windows (SSH)
• Linux/UNIX and Mac OS already have SSH installed.
• VirtualBox for Mac OS X: ​DMG (116MB)
• VirtualBox for Windows: ​EXE (111MB)

Wiki / Trac Help

• TracGuide -- Built-in Documentation
• TitleIndex -- Complete list of local wiki pages
• WikiFormatting -- Trac wiki formatting language

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