TDC 568
Fall 2008
Network
Management
Assignment
# 1: MIB Browsing and Developing SNMP Manager
Due:
PART
I: MIB Object Browsing
The purpose of this
assignment is to learn (1) how to identifying the required monitoring information
(parameters), (2) how to use and browse the Management Information Base (MIB
II) in order to get the values of the identified objects, and (3) how to read
and retrieve necessary information form a general MIB RFC (Request For
Comments) documents. For part two above, you need to use a MIB browser with
SNMP v1 capability. You can use the the Web-based MIB Browser http://www.mnlab.cs.depaul.edu/cgi-bin/sbrowser.cgi
in the Multimedia Networking Lab or any other MIB browser of your choice. The correctness of your answer does not
depend by any means on a specific browser implementation.
Assignment Description
A. MIB Browsing
For
each of the following network/system management requests, identify the MIB
Object name and then use the Object Identifier (OID) to retrieve the
corresponding value in the MIB. Your managed objects (devices) are the
Multimedia Networking Lab switch (given in class) which is MO-1 and MO-2 which
is given in class. Provide precisely the
browsing results for each of the following information:
MO-1 IP = 140.192.249.226
M0-2 IP = 140.192.249.223
·
Type of the hardware and software of the
managed objects MO-1 and MO-2 including the model number or name, and the
layers they serve
·
List of names, the IP addresses, netmasks, speed, MTU and the status for all interfaces in
the MO-1 and MO-2
·
The ration (%) of incoming multicast and broadcast
packets that have been received by MO-1
·
MO-2 efficiency (% of forwarded packets)
·
ARP Cache of MO-1
·
The routing table of MO-1
·
Rate of Queue increase
·
The number of ICMP generated by MO-2
·
The ratio (%) of invalid incoming packets MO-2
For
this part, you must show all object names and OID(s), and the monitoring
results as collected by the MIB browser (you can use a direct screen print out
or print from Netscape).
PART II: SNMP++ Development
The purpose of this
assignment is to learn how to use SNMP++ environment to develop your own
network management application. The SNMP++ is available on both UNIX and
NT/Win95 Platform. You can find the library and and
Assignment Description
You are asked to develop a
network management application, called snmpProxy,
that takes as input in the command line arguments a machine IP address (agent),
frequency (fr), the freshness period (fp), and a list of OIDs and their
filters, F(s). The application repeatedly retrieves the values for all
requested OID(s) for the number of
times defined in fr and with a time gap specified in fp in ms. The OID
value is then compared with the associated filter (F). If the OID value is
greater than F, then the OID value is printed in the standard output If the F value is 0, then all retrieved OID values are
printed out. If fr is –1, then the program will run forever with no
termination. The application must be able to retrieve and present all requested
information in well-organized way. The program should run as follows:
snmpProxy IPAddress
Frequency Period NumOfObjs
OID1 FILTER1 OID2 FILTER2 ….. OIDn FILTERn
For example, snmpProxy Uranus 60 500 2
1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.13.0 512 1.3.6.1.2.1.4.3.0 1204 ==> means
This means your snmpProxy program will get the value of ifInDiscards
and ipInReceives every 500ms for 60 times from Uranus SNMP agent.
Then it prints the filtered values to the standard output accordingly.
Notice that you can have as many OIDs as you can (max
is 10). All get requests must be sent in one PDU.
The manager should try to
resend for at least 5 times before timing out.
Extra Credits
- Modify this program to take a list of records for
different agents like this (5 pts):
snmpProxy
2 Uranus 60 500 2 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.13.0
512 1.3.6.1.2.1.4.3.0 1204
2. Use asynchronous I/O
in SNMP++ to send
How to Get SNMP++:
1.
login into Uranus.mnlab.cs.depaul.edu using the
account sent to you by the grader
2. copy the files (Makefile,
snmpGet.cpp, HOW_TO_
3. do "make" to create executable
4. Look at "HOW_TO_
5. Rename the snmpGET.cpp to your own program name
and change the Makefile accordingly.
Submission Procedure:
Part I: Include all your answer in
Part II: After
cleaning your directory from objects and bin files. Then, do the following:
$ tar -cvf hw1.tar
*
$gzip hw1.tar
Submit your assignmt thru DLWEB only.
Your submission must contain a README file that describes the archive contents, how to compile the program and any special note to the grader. DO NOT include object or binary files.