Scalable Campus Network
This will be an intense hands-on five (5) day training to teach skills required for the configuration and operation of large scale campus networks. The training will be held from April 13-17, 2015.
Contents
Objective
After this training the participants will be able to design and implement a large scale campus network. This course will provide the techies with the necessary TCP/IP skills to administer a campus network.
Who Should Attend?
This course is designed for technical staff that operates a TCP/IP network with international connectivity and inter-campus connectivity.
Pre-requisites
1. IPv4 addressing and general network concepts 2. Knowledge of UNIX and/or Linux 3. Three Years’ Experience as Network Administrators / IP Network Engineers 4. Target Group: Network Administrator/engineers, ICT infrastructure managers and Systems Administrators
Course content
The course is divided into two; Campus networks, Scalable networks
Campus Networks
Campus Network design principles & Best Practices Campus Networks Design.
IP address routing & management(addressing, subnetting)
Campus Network Physical cable Infrastructure
Hierarchical Design
Scalable Networks
Cisco switch configuration basics
HP configuration essentials
Switching Architecture -STP
Introduction to IEEE 802.1q (VLANS)
VPNs
Switch troubleshooting
Campus Network monitoring
Cyber Security
Research Infrastructure
Items Required
Each Participant is to bring a laptop with wireless connectivity. Each participant is to submit the campus network diagram
Trainers
Name Organization
Phil Regnauld NSRC
Martin Njau (MN) KENET
Joan Masai (JM) KENET
Cornelius Achiki(CA) KENET
Judah Opuck (JO) KENET
Michelle Opiyo (MO) KENET
Hillary Cheserek(HC) KENET
Ronald Osure (RO) KENET
Timetable
| Day | 9.00-10.30 | 10.30-10.50 | 10.50-13.00 | 1300-1400 | 1400-1600 | 1600-1620 | 1620-1800 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday April 13 | Welcome& Registration Layers 1/2/3 Refresher [[1]](JM) | Tea Break | Cisco configuration essentials HP Configuration essentials [[2] (JM) | Lunch | Switching architectures (Layer 2) (HC) | Tea Break | Layer2 Lab [[3]] (HC/JO/CA/MO/JM)
Cacti exercise [4] Nagios+nconf exercise [5] Smokeping exercise [6] webmin [7] BHM/MN | |
| Tuesday April 14 | Introduction to VLANS [[8]] (HC) | Tea Break | VLANs Lab [[9]]
Layer 2 Network Desing Lab [[10]] |
Lunch | IP routing (addressing, subnetting, OSPF, BGP) (JO) | Tea Break | IP routing Lab
Introduction to routing [[11]] Introduction to OSPF [[12]] Introduction to BGP [[13]] Layer 3 static lab [[14]] OSPF Lab [[15]] | |
| Wednesday April 15 | VPNs [[16]] LAB [[17]] (MO) | Tea Break | Campus Network Design principles and best practices (CA) | Lunch | Campus Network Structured Cabling
Campus Network Cabling [[18]] Fiber Splicing Exercise [[19]] Fiber Splicing Exercise Answers [[20]] Cable Systems Specifications [[21]] (JO) |
Tea Break | Campus Network Designs Round-table (JO/CA) | |
| Thursday April 16 | Intro to Net Mgmt and SNMP (PR)[[22]] | Tea Break | Network Monitoring tools: Nagios [[23]], Cacti [[24]] (PR) | Lunch | LAN Network monitoring lab: basic nagios, cacti, webmin (MN) | Tea Break | Troubleshooting Campus LAN (MN) | |
| Friday April 17 | Cyber Security [[30]] (RO) | Tea Break | Cyber Security [[31]] (RO) | Lunch | Exam [[32]] | Closing Ceremony |
