Nos últimos anos, a tecnologia de Web Services vem sendo pesquisada nas mais diversas áreas da computação, incluindo a de gerenciamento de redes de computadores. A composição de serviços, uma nova funcionalidade surgida recentemente, parece ter a potencialidade de resolver diversos problemas de diversas áreas da computação, incluindo a área de gerenciamento de redes e seu respectivo protocolo padrão de facto, o SNMP. Através da composição de serviços, é possível construir serviços mais sofisticados, usando-se serviços mais simples como componentes. Este trabalho tem por objetivo investigar a composição de Web Services aplicada ao gerenciamento de redes de computadores. Para tanto, modelos e padrões para composição foram estudados e uma arquitetura de composição, usando o padrão WS-BPEL, aplicada ao gerenciamento foi proposta. Tal arquitetura permite iniciar uma cadeia de ações de gerenciamento em gerentes de nível mais baixo baseados em Web Services através de uma única requisição Web Service. Para definir novas composições, uma ferramenta Web foi desenvolvida, a qual gera automaticamente o código WS-BPEL. Além disso, foram realizadas avaliações de desempenho para verificar o impacto na rede das composições. Os resultados obtidos mostraram que composições podem reduzir o tráfego gerado na rede junto à estação de gerenciamento, pois permitem concentrar diversas informações em uma única requisição Web Services. O tempo de resposta também pôde ser reduzido em algumas situações devido às requisições nativamente paralelas do WS-BPEL. / In the recent years, the Web Services technology has been researched in many areas of computer science, including computers network management. Service composition, a new feature recently raised, seems to have the potentiality to solve several problems in computer science, including the network management field and its Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). Through service composition, it is possible to build up more sophisticated services using simpler services as components. Therefore, this work aims at investigating Web Services composition applied to network management. Towards this goal, models and standards for composition were reviewed and a WS-BPEL-based composition architecture devoted to management was proposed. Such architecture allows starting a chain of management actions on lowerlevel Web Services-based managers through only one Web Services request. In order to define new compositions, a Web-based tool was developed to automatically generate the WS-BPEL required code. In addition, performance evaluations were carried out in order to verify the compositions’ impact on the managed network. The results showed that compositions can reduce the management traffic in the surroundings of the management station by aggregating several information in only one Web Services request. Response time could also be decreased in some situations due to the native parallel requests of WS-BPEL.

Nos últimos anos, a tecnologia de Web Services vem sendo pesquisada nas mais diversas áreas da computação, incluindo a de gerenciamento de redes de computadores. A composição de serviços, uma nova funcionalidade surgida recentemente, parece ter a potencialidade de resolver diversos problemas de diversas áreas da computação, incluindo a área de gerenciamento de redes e seu respectivo protocolo padrão de facto, o SNMP. Através da composição de serviços, é possível construir serviços mais sofisticados, usando-se serviços mais simples como componentes. Este trabalho tem por objetivo investigar a composição de Web Services aplicada ao gerenciamento de redes de computadores. Para tanto, modelos e padrões para composição foram estudados e uma arquitetura de composição, usando o padrão WS-BPEL, aplicada ao gerenciamento foi proposta. Tal arquitetura permite iniciar uma cadeia de ações de gerenciamento em gerentes de nível mais baixo baseados em Web Services através de uma única requisição Web Service. Para definir novas composições, uma ferramenta Web foi desenvolvida, a qual gera automaticamente o código WS-BPEL. Além disso, foram realizadas avaliações de desempenho para verificar o impacto na rede das composições. Os resultados obtidos mostraram que composições podem reduzir o tráfego gerado na rede junto à estação de gerenciamento, pois permitem concentrar diversas informações em uma única requisição Web Services. O tempo de resposta também pôde ser reduzido em algumas situações devido às requisições nativamente paralelas do WS-BPEL. / In the recent years, the Web Services technology has been researched in many areas of computer science, including computers network management. Service composition, a new feature recently raised, seems to have the potentiality to solve several problems in computer science, including the network management field and its Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). Through service composition, it is possible to build up more sophisticated services using simpler services as components. Therefore, this work aims at investigating Web Services composition applied to network management. Towards this goal, models and standards for composition were reviewed and a WS-BPEL-based composition architecture devoted to management was proposed. Such architecture allows starting a chain of management actions on lowerlevel Web Services-based managers through only one Web Services request. In order to define new compositions, a Web-based tool was developed to automatically generate the WS-BPEL required code. In addition, performance evaluations were carried out in order to verify the compositions’ impact on the managed network. The results showed that compositions can reduce the management traffic in the surroundings of the management station by aggregating several information in only one Web Services request. Response time could also be decreased in some situations due to the native parallel requests of WS-BPEL.

A área de gerência de redes encontra uma série de desafios desde seu príncipio. O protocolo que surgiu como padrão para gerência de redes, o SNMP, possui uma série de limitações, por exemplo, no tocante à segurança, configuração de equipamentos e composição de serviços. Por essa razão, tecnologias alternativas para o gerenciamento de redes têm sido pesquisadas. A tecnologia de Web Services surgiu como forte alternativa, por características como o uso de padrões amplamente suportados (HTTP e XML) e modelo de desenvolvimento orientado a serviços. Pesquisas iniciais demonstraram que os Web Services são uma alternativa viável em termos de desempenho. Assim, o uso de Web Services em áreas específicas de gerência de redes, como notificações e gerência por delegação, tem sido pesquisado. Porém, há carência de estudos sobre o uso de segurança no gerenciamento de redes via Web Services. Os Web Services trazem facilidade para uso de segurança, que é vital para a gerência de redes, e este é o foco deste trabalho. É proposta uma arquitetura de integração de segurança à comunicação de mensagens de gerenciamento de redes via Web Services. Para isso, foram utilizados o padrão WS-Security, para segurança em Web Services, e o padrão WS-Management, para gerenciamento de redes via Web Services. Também foi integrado controle de acesso à arquitetura, com uso do padrão XACML. Uma avaliação de desempenho foi realizada para verificar o impacto do uso de segurança, e comparações com SNMPv3 foram realizadas na solução de controle de acesso via XACML. Os testes mostram que, como é tradicional, a segurança tem impacto considerável no tempo de processamento e tráfego na rede. Porém, a arquitetura e implementação realizadas comprovam que, também na área de segurança, a tecnologia de Web Services tem aplicação eficaz para o gerenciamento de redes. / The network management field has several challenges since its beginning. The standard protocol for network management, SNMP, has many drawbacks, related to security, device configuration, and service composition. For these reason, alternative technologies for network management have been investigated. Web Services technology emerged as a strong solution, due to advantages such as employing widely supported standards (HTTP and XML) and service-oriented development model. The first performed investigations in the area showed that Web Services are a valid alternative to SNMP in terms of performance. Thus, Web Services usage in specific areas of network management, such as notifications and management by delegation, have been researched. However, there are currently no studies on security aspects of Web Services-based network management. Web Services enable easy integration of security, which is mandatory for network management, and this is the main goal of this work. An architecture is proposed for security integration in a network management message communication using Web Services. The standards used in this architecture were WSSecurity, which enables security in Web Services, and WS-Management, which targets Web Services-based network management. Access control integration was also developed, using XACML standard. A performance evaluation was carried out in order to verify security usage impact, and comparisons with SNMPv3 were performed in XACML access control solution. Tests showed that, as expected, security has a considerable impact in processing time and network traffic. However, the architecture and implementation show that, also in the security area, the Web Services technology has effective aplication in network management.

A human brain has billions of processing elements operating simultaneously; the only practical way to model this computationally is with a massively-parallel computer. A computer on such a significant scale requires hundreds of thousands of interconnected processing elements, a complex environment which requires many levels of monitoring, management and control. Management begins from the moment power is applied and continues whilst the application software loads, executes, and the results are downloaded. This is the story of the research and development of a framework of scalable management tools that support SpiNNaker, a novel computing architecture designed to model spiking neural networks of biologically-significant sizes. This management framework provides solutions from the most fundamental set of power-on self-tests, through to complex, real-time monitoring of the health of the hardware and the software during simulation. The framework devised uses standard tools where appropriate, covering hardware up / down events and capacity information, through to bespoke software developed to provide real-time insight to neural network software operation across multiple levels of abstraction. With this layered management approach, users (or automated agents) have access to results dynamically and are able to make informed decisions on required actions in real-time.

This diploma thesis deals with the monitoring of network elements of technological networks and distribution systems. There are described reasons why and what kind of values we want to monitor. Three monitoring systems are then selected, described their properties and functions. Based on their merits, one system for deploying the test environment is selected. The practical part is the configuration of the selected system and its subsequent deployment to the network.

The aim of my diploma is to introduce the SNMP protocol designed for remote device management to the readers and present its implementation into the Opnet Modeler simulation environment. For the implementation the DiffServMIB database has been chosen, which describes the components of differentiated services mechanism. My diploma thesis describes in detail the possibilities of application of the DiffServMIB database in traffic management. The design of a simulation model, which represents the differentiated data processing in input and output direction on a router interface, is also introduced. Next, this model is implemented into the Opnet Modeler simulation environment. The goal of this simulation model is the possibility of simple configuration of individual MIB attributes. In my work I also suggest an implementation method able to interconnect the MIB database with the configuration process of the active network element - with focus on output procedures of DiffServ mechanism.

The objective of this master’s thesis is monitoring and management of computer networks via SNMP protocol and its practical application. The main part describes working with SNMPc program in an experimental network through implementation of its parts into the network and configuration of SNMP agents on routers, switch and end station. This thesis includes the results of traffic testing, disconnected links, effects of traffic load on QoS parameters, making longterm statistics, baselines and alarms. The thesis also includes parametres obtained with SNMP protocol from network nodes and end station.

The goal of this thesis is to design and to implement the active and passive monitoring and control system for small company with emphasis on the most automated control and deployment in a production network. System is appropriately designed using the Nette framework and scripting language Perl which is suitable for control computer systems and networks.

This work outlines ways of getting dynamic state into OMNeT++ model. SNMP as major technology was selected for reaching the goals. Protocols CDP and LLDP are participating in topology detection and in theoretical layer Breadth- first search is used. The output of this tool is file syntactically specied by NED language which is describing computer network.

This work deals with data capturing from the active network elements and storing and displaying the captured data. It describes the SNMP, analyzes and compares available tools for monitoring computer networks. It describes the design of own system for monitoring computer networks and deployment in computer network in the BUT campus.