Reference no: EM132367098

Network performance management and troubleshooting exercise

Task Description

In assignment-1, you have successfully implemented the network on eNSP and performed important steps to manage the network configuration. In this assignment, you will perform necessary setup to manage the network performance. In particular, you will complete the following tasks:

• Task 1: Select a suitable network management architecture to manage the network then implement the architecture using Zabbix NMS and SNMPv2c.

• Task 2: Document performance baselining for the network connectivity.

• Task 3: A staff at the branch network reports that she cannot upload documents to a shared folder of the headquarter network document server. Outline the troubleshooting steps you would use to solve this issue.

The following are the major assessment criteria of this assignment

Task 1: Network management environment setup
• Select a suitable network management architecture and justify the selection.
• Correctly configure SNMPv2c on each network device
• Successfully verify SNMPv2 setup with snmpwalk utility
• Successfully download, configure and run Zabbix appliance.
• Successfully configure Zabbix NMS to discover all network devices

Task 2: Performance baselining
• Correctly identify performance parameters for baselining
• Correctly calculate the baselines of the parameters
Task 3: Network troubleshooting
• Select a troubleshooting approach and correctly follow the approach
• Correctly identify the type of information should be collected at each step
• Correctly propose the hypothesis to be tested at each step

Task-1: Network management environment setup

Task-2: Network Performance Management
Network performance parameters
Briefly describe what performance parameters you will monitor and what they represent.
Performance data collection
Place performance data you have collected for the network here. Organise the data in table with the collection location, date and time. Comment on the data if necessary.
Baseline calculation
Calculate performance baseline from the collected performance data. Show the calculation process and the result.

Task-3: Network Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting approach
Discuss which approach you use to troubleshoot the issue and the reason for your selection.
Troubleshooting plan
Discuss about information you want to gather at each troubleshooting step and methods you would use to obtain the required information.
Discuss the hypothesis to be tested at each step to solve the network issue.

Attachment:- Network performance management and troubleshooting exercise.rar