(A) Draw A MIB Subtree. (OID For Enterprise Node Is 1.3.6.1.4.1) (B) Draw The MIB Module (Mentioning SYNTAX, ACCESS, STATUS, DESCRIPTION

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Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani

Work-Integrated Learning Programmes Division


Second Semester 2019-2020
Mid-Semester Test (EC-2 Make-up)

Course No. : SS ZG582


Course Title : TELECOM NETWORK MANAGEMENT
Nature of Exam : Open Book
Weightage : 30%
Duration : 2 Hours No. of Pages =2
Start Date of Exam : 28-06-2020 09:00 AM IST No. of Questions = 6
End Date of Exam : 29-06-2020 08:59 AM IST
Note:
1. Please follow all the Instructions to Candidates given on the cover page of the answer book.
2. All parts of a question should be answered consecutively. Each answer should start from a fresh page.
3. Assumptions made if any, should be stated clearly at the beginning of your answer.

Q.1. A company ‘ThinkNew’ sells wallets and bags. It obtained OBJECT IDENTIFIER 6000
under enterprises node from IANA. It has 2 branch locations. Each has an inventory
system that can be accessed by the IP address, which have the following OBJECT
DESCRIPTORS:
branch1 – 100.110.100.15
branch2 – 100.110.100.16
Each branch has two types of products whose inventory are
wallets
bags
Wallets are all of the same size and the inventory is a scalar value, walletQuantity.
Bags come in different sizes and the inventory is maintained in a table, bagTable, whose
columnar objects are
bagSize(index)
bagQuantity
With the details mentioned above for ‘ThinkNew’ company,
(a) Draw a MIB subtree. (OID for enterprise node is 1.3.6.1.4.1) [3]
(b) Draw the MIB module (mentioning SYNTAX, ACCESS, STATUS, DESCRIPTION
for each object type). [3]

Q.2. The CEO of ABC Limited called for an emergency meeting with the project head of your
organization and complained that the organizations network has slowed down
considerably. On investigating you discovered that bandwidth issue started when the NOC
became operational. You perform in-depth analysis and discover some flaws in the NMS
design.

What are the possible design flaws have you uncovered? What recommendations will you
make to your Project Head to improve the NOC performance and the network? [3]

Q.3. NOC of Textcorp Limited has various levels of engineers managing the network. The
levels are listed as follows:
Level 1: Monitor health of the network and raise tickets
Level 2: Perform troubleshooting activities and isolate the problem
Level 3: Configure the Network Elements

The NOC is using SNMPv3 protocol. Design a suitable access model for the three roles. [5]

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Q.4. Compare any two network management software. You could choose any freely available
software but make sure you choose tools that have substantial features that can be
demonstrated. Present your comparison in the form of a table on their features and
capabilities and also give a justification on the reasons for selecting those tools [6]

Q.5. SNMP design sought to minimize the complexity of the management information base,
the information access protocol and the agent’s implementation. Simplicity, however
results in some limitations. Discuss some of these limitations and provide recent
developments of SNMP that resolves some of these limitations. [6]

Q.6. Rainbow Corp Limited has hired your organization to manage their network. The CIO of
the organization in a recent meeting with the NOC team mentioned that the organization is
introducing BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) Policy and the devices need to be integrated
with the Network Monitoring System.
As a member of the NOC planning team, you are assigned with the responsibility of
preparing specification for integrating and managing the BYOD devices on the existing
NMS of the organsiation.
Explain and justify the points that you will include in your specifications document.

[4]

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