Exercises in Internet Management

SMI

In this exercise you have to use SMIv2 to define and validate a simple MIB MODULE. The complete description of the exercise can be found here.

MIBs

In this exercise you have to retrieve certain MIB values. The complete description of the exercise can be found here. To retrieve the requested values, you have to start from the MIB overview page. The configuration for this exercise is explained here.

Decode a SNMP packet

In this exercise you have to decode an ASN.1 encoded SNMP packet. The complete description of the exercise can be found here.

Install and configure an SNMP agent

In this exercise you have to install and configure a SNMP agent. The complete description of the exercise can be found [here].

SNMP - Comparison versions 1, 2 and 3

In this exercise you have to perform a number of SNMP operations on a demo MIB and compare the results for the different versions of SNMP. The complete description of the exercise can be found here. To answer these questions, you have to start from the following links:

• SNMPv1
• SNMPv2C
• SNMPv3 (Security name = demo, MD5 key = abcdefghi, DES key = abcdefghi)

The configuration for this exercise is explained here.

Run a management application

In this exercise you have to install and configure a management application (like MRTG/Cacti/Nagios or Zenoss), capture the traffic from and to your agent, and write a report. The complete description of the exercise can be found here. The report should be entered into the Blackboard system, after which you should send an email to the student assistant (mourag@ewi.utwente.nl) indicating where the original (compressed) tcpdump trace file can be downloaded from.

Important dates

• Start monitoring: May 23, 9:00
• End monitoring: June 1st, 17:00
• Submit report: June 12, 2:00

Write a SNMP MIB extension

In this exercise you have to write an extension to your SNMP agent. Although you are free to select the agent software you like, those who do not have any preference might start from the Net-SNMP agent and take a look at the Net-SNMP wiki that describes how to write such extension. Try to implement as much as possible of the MIB definition you have developed as part of the first exercise on SMI. You may include additional objects if you like. A short report describing your activities should be entered into the Blackboard system before June 20.