Annual NOC Meeting and Campus Network Design Workshop

The first day of the workshop will be for the Annual NOC meeting of network engineers to meet together and then share the knowledge and experience. Engineers will present status of their local network, its services, successful stories and future development plans.

At this event, a working group will be created to work on Voice Over IP and IPv6 for the deployment of VOIP and IPV6 in LEARN Institutes.

The workshop which will be conducted together with Information Technology Center will train system administrators/engineers of LEARN member institutions to provide them better understanding of best practices of design a campus network apart from configuration of access layer, distribution layer and core layer devices. The participant will design a sample campus network at the LAB and configure it to connect to LEARN VPLS and then to commodity Internet and Academic Internet. Access control to improver the security level and network measurement and troubleshooting to raise the quality of service will also be covered.

The LEARN objective of this workshop is to help member institutions to manage their home network and to improve its quality of service to support LEARN to properly render its services to the end users. It will also create a forum of technical persons of LEARN member institutions to improve the collaboration.

    Venue: Information Technology Center, University of Peradeniya
    Duration: 3 days
    Class size: 30
    Target group: system/network administrators/engineers from LEARN member institutions
    Program Level: Intermediate
    Course fee: free of charge (two nights accommodation sharing basis, refreshment, lunch, dinner and break-first will be provided)
    Date: 23rd to 25th January 2014
    Note: Participant are requested to bring a laptop with Linux (Ubuntu or CentOS).
    Application closing: 6th December 2013

NOC Meeting Contents

Day 01
Annual Noc Meeting - 20 Minutes presentation from each Institutes (your presentation may include current operations/status of your network, network topology, its services, your experience, successful stories and future development plans, etc)

9.00am - 9.40am - Welcome Ceremony

Presentations - NOC Updates

Time Institute
09.40 - 10.00 Eastern University
10.00 - 10.20 Uwa Wellassa University
10.20 - 10.40 Tea Break
10.40 - 11.00 Sabaragamuwa University
11.00 - 11.20 University of Visual & Performing Arts
11.20 - 11.40 South Eastern University
11.40 - 12.00 Rajarata University
12.00 - 12.20 Wayamba University
12.20 - 13.20 Lunch Break
13.20 - 13.40 University of Jaffna
13.40 - 14.00 University of Peradeniya
14.00 - 14.20 Open University (status of deployment of network monitoring/management tools)
14.20 - 14.40 University of Ruhuna
14.40 - 15.00 Faculty Engineering, Ruhuna (status of VOIP deployment)
15.00 - 15.30 University of Kelaniya (status of network security deployment)
15.30 - 15.50 Tea Break
15.50 - 16.10 University of Sri Jayawardanapura (status of wireless deployment)
16.10 - 16.30 University of Colombo/UCSC
16.30 - 16.50 University of Moratuwa (status of IPv6 deployment)
16.50 - 17.10 University Grant Commission
17.10 - 17.20 Any other Institute
17.20 - 17.40 LEARN Updates
17.40 - 18.10 A presentation from the Sponsors

Workshop Contents

Day 02
Session 01 (8.30am - 12.00am) - IPv4 and IPv6 Addressing
Session 02 (1.00pm - 2.45pm) - Campus network design basics (layered architecture)
               (3.00pm - 4.30pm) - Virtual LAN, Inter VLAN routing
               (4.30pm - 5.30pm) - Preparation for next day hands-on

Day 03
Session 03 (8.30am - 11.00am) - VLAN and Inter VLAN routing hands-on
               (11.00am - 12.00am) - Overview of LEARN Network
Session 04 (1.00pm - 4.00pm) - Packet Sniping, Network Measurement and Troubleshooting

Instructors:
Samatha Perera,CEIT, University of Peradeniya
Senevi Herath, LEARN (NREN of Sri Lanka)

Samatha has 10 years undergraduate, post graduate teaching experience and CCNA teaching experience. He is a CISCO certified instructor who has completed his degree in Computer Science before the starting of his career and has completed his Masters in Computer Science.

Herath had various roles in network engineering and system administration prior to joining LEARN as network/systems engineer and has 12 years of experience in rapidly growing academic network and its services after completion of his degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering. He has completed his Masters in Computer Science while he was working as network engineer at university of Peradeniya. He has undergone several trainings overseas on varies leading network technologies.

Registration (closed)

Please send us your application over an email (to training AT learn.ac.lk) through your LEARN representative and head of your institute with following details

1. Fist Name, Surname, NIC, Institute/Department, Designation, Contact telephone number, Email.

2. Your Curriculum vitae

Please mention in your email why do you interested in this program and how are you going to make use of the knowledge gained from the this program in operation and maintenance of your home network?

List of Participants

Chamindra Attanayake, University of Colombo School of Computing *
Vishvajith Mapa, University of Colombo School of Computing
K Vinujanan, Eastern University
Shriparen, University of Jaffna
Sandun Fernando, University of Kelaniya *
Sihan Wijayawickrama, University of Kelaniya
Malaka Udawata, University of Moratuwa *
Srimal Madapatha, University of Moratuwa
Dasun Lokuhetty, Open University of Sri Lanka *
J P P Tharanga, Open University of Sri Lanka
Dilum Samarasinghe, University of Peradeniya *
Sajith Mallawaarachchi, University of Peradeniya
Chandana Wimalarathne, University of Ruhuna
Priyankara Anthony, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna
Anuradha Gunawardena, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna
K C S Ranasinghe, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
Mohamed Arshad, South Eastern University
I M Kalith, Faculty of Applied Science, South Eastern University
P D Manoj Upashantha, University of Sri Jayewardenepura *
K S L Abeywickrama, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Praboda Rajapaksha, Uva Wellassa Universit
Shamli Rajapaksha, University of the Visual & Performing Arts
W D Samanwickrama, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Makandura
P M K N Sampath, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Kuliyapitiya
Nalaka Lankasena, University Grants Commission
Rohana Dasanayaka, Arthur C Clarke Institute
Shashi Fernando, Informatics Institute of Technology
Harshapriya Rajakaruna, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
Malintha Senevirathna, Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute
K Venugoban, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna
D K Gunathilaka, Buddhist and Pali University
Venura Lakshman, Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka
M A Weerasekara, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna
G A M Dilshan, Industrial Technology Institute
Ruvan Kathriarachchi, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
K Pratheepan, Vavuniya Campus, University of Jaffna
Indrajith Solangaarachchi, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya
W M K Upuldeniya, Institute for Argo-Technology and Rural Sciences

* attend only for the NOC meeting

Our Sponsors

The workshop will be fully sponsored by

1. DMS Electronics (Pvt) Ltd. 2. Hewlett-Packard (HP)