| SPRING 2005, CIS 5930-6 (CIS 4930-7) NETWORK DESIGN & MANAGEMENT |
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| Instructor Contact Information |
| Class Meetings |
| Course Description |
This course will provide the student with practical experience in network design, configuration and administration. Using ITL lab equipment and Cisco routers provided by CAIDA (Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis, http://www.caida.org/outreach/itl/), the course will follow a framework of lab exercises developed at FSU ( http://websrv.cs.fsu.edu/reference/itl/).
Topics will include:
| Prerequisites |
As prerequisite, the student must have a foundational
knowledge of the Internet Protocol and computer networking. This
could be met by a graduate or undergraduate course in computer networking,
or specific experience (consent of instructor required to approve experience).
| Materials |
Textbook: CCIE Professional Development: Routing TCP/IP, Volume I
Author: Jeff Doyle
Publisher: Macmillan Technical Publishing/ Cisco Press
ISBN: 1-57870-041-8
http://www.cs.fsu.edu/reference/itl/
This material is copyright Raymond Curci.
The following other references could be useful in your networking career.
| Assignments |
Readings. You will be assigned readings in the textbook. We recommend that you answer the review questions and the exercises at the end of each chapter, to help you find out whether you have understood the material you have read. Solutions are given in the appendix, but you should definitely try the problem first before checking the answer.
Class Participation. The Instructor may call on students to answer questions relating to the assigned readings or exercises. Answers can affect your class participation grade. Come to class prepared.
The study of much of Computer Science is cumulative i.e., understanding earlier material well is necessary to grasp later material. Do not allow yourself to fall behind, by postponing studying, and then figure you will jump ahead to catch up with the rest of the class.
Experience has shown a high correlation between absenteeism and low grades. Therefore, students are required to attend class meetings. You will be allowed three (3) absences without question or justification. If you have a documented religious holiday or emergency, additional absences may be excused. If you take these 3 absences, you can expect to underperform in the tests and assignments.
Quizzes. A short quiz may be held during any class without advance warning. You must be prepared. Attend class and do the required reading and study, including working the problems.
Examinations.There will be a midterm examination and a final examination. These examinations will be "closed book". That is, no books or reference materials will be allowed in the examination room. These are the main check on how much you have learned from the course.
Students will be expected to take the examinations at the scheduled time.
If you know in advance of a reason you will not be able to take a scheduled examination, you are responsible for making arrangements in advance with the Instructor. If you make prior arrangements, or have a documented last-minute emergency conflict -- such as a medical emergency or your employer requires you to make an out-of-town trip -- the Instructor will attempt to accomodate you. However, under no circumstances will a student be allowed to take an examination before the rest of the class. Also, it must be understood that we cannot give the same examination, and because of instructor time constraints, we may administer a makeup examination of an entirely different format.
Lab assignments. There will be weekly Lab assignments, most of which will involve Cisco router configuration, but will also include other network management or configuration tasks.
The objectives of the assignments will be to give you practice implementing some of the ideas and techniques we are studying, and at the same time improve your conceptual networking skills. The assignments build on one another to some extent, so it is important that you not fall behind or skip assignments. Late assignments may be accepted for reduced credit, provided a documented emergency has prevented you from working on the assignment. You will work on most assignments with a partner, and will usually exclusively schedule the use of the routers for your assignment. If the equipment is scheduled for others, you may not use the equipment.
During the term, you will be provided dedicated access (on a team basis) to a Sun Blade Solaris system. If you have not been given root access to a system, do not attempt to obtain root by any means. Do not attempt to make a system inoperable by any means. You may also access the router network from shell.cs.fsu.edu via the itl1.cs.fsu.edu Cisco 2511 access server.
Graduate credit requirement. If you are registered in the course for graduate credit, you will have an additional assignment. "For graduate credit, the student will individually create a lab experiment similar to those labs found at http://www.cs.fsu.edu/reference/itl/, providing background info, simple examples of concepts, definition of lab problem, diagrams, and an appropriate solution. Extra credit may be awarded for including in the exercise the use of existing or new software tools that enhance the exercise."
| Grading |
We would like your final grade in this course to reflect how much you learned from the course. Since you should be learning right up to the last minute, the final word on what you have learned should be the examination given at the end of the term. On the other hand, there are good reasons to mark other work you do during the term, and for all your work to play a role in the determination of your final grade. One reason is that we would like to motivate you to study every week, and to put in your best effort on all the exercises. We would also like for you to find out about any gaps in your learning before the end of the term, so you can fill them in.
In order for you to learn from your errors without losing motivation, the grading policies may incorporate a certain amount of forgiveness for weak grades on work done early in the course if there is solid evidence that the student has mastered the material by the end.
You will learn better if you concentrate on learning, and do not worry about your final grade.
Except for the Special Rule listed below, the final course grade will be based on the average of the following data, with the indicated weights:| Graded Work | Weight | ||||
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| Assignments: | 45% | ||||
| Quizzes / Class Participation | 15% | ||||
Examinations:
| 40% |
If either the Assignments or the Examinations average (considered individually) is below C-, the final grade for the course will not be higher than D+.
Take note of this rule! In the past, some students have complained at the end of the semester when it caused them to fail other courses. There is a good pedagogical reason this rule. A grade of D+ or lower in either of these two areas indicates failure on an essential part of the the course. The knowledge and skills covered by the examinations and the assignments are both essential. We also recognize that if a student violates the Academic Honor Code the grades on an assignment may not accurately reflect the real knowledge and skills of the individual. For all these reasons, completely unsatisfactory performance in either one of two these areas cannot be ignored on the basis of better peformance in the other areas.
All graded work will be returned as soon as possible after grading. The one exception are final examinations. The University requires that the original copies of all final examinations be retained in the Department for two years.
Do not expect forgiveness for lateness. Whether to accept any late turn-ins of assignments will be entirely at the discretion of the Instructor. If a late assignment is accepted, the score will ordinarily be reduced. The amount of the reduction will be entirely at the discretion of the Instructor, and may depend on how late the assignment is. In any case, no work will be accepted for grading after a solution is discussed or handed out, either in the class or on the web.
| Academic Honor Code |
You are required to read the FSU Academic Honor Code and abide by it. Take note that this policy not only puts you on your honor not to cheat. It requires that you report any cheating that you observe. First violations will result in lowering of the final course grade by one whole letter. Repeat violations will result in a grade of F with no provision for retaking the course. By turning in work for a grade in this course you are representing it as being entirely your own individual work, or if a team assignment, entirely the the team's work.
| Accomodation for Disabilities |
Students with disabilities needing academic accommodations should:
This syllabus and other class materials are available in alternative format upon request.
For more information about services available to FSU students with disabilities, contact the Assistant Dean of Students:
Student Disability Resource Center
08 Kellum Hall
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4066
e-mail: sdrc@admin.fsu.edu
phone: (850) 644-9566.
| Communication |
If you are experiencing difficulty or are concerned about your progress, please contact the Instructor right away. Problems are usually easier to solve when they are addressed early.
You are required to verify that your e-mail address is included in the class e-mail list. The Instructor will send everyone a message at the start of the term. If you don't get that first message, make sure you are added to the list.
Check regularly for electronic mail sent to you containing information about this course. You are also encouraged to use e-mail to ask questions and report problems. As a student in the course you will need to have:
This syllabus and other information, such as course announcements, assignments and some useful links to other web sites, will be posted on the CS Department's web site for the course, which is located at http://www.cs.fsu.edu/courses/netdesign/.
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