Work in progress - Automation of a computer networking laboratory

2015 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) Pub Date : 2015-03-18 DOI:10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7095995

Neville Palmer

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A dedicated networking laboratory is used by students on a computer networking degree program so that they can undertake practical work without affecting the main University network. Images of the laboratory computers are maintained on a server and deployed when major updates or reconfigurations of the computers are required. Improvements can be made in the configuration and management processes. Automation can help realize some of these improvements. A server based application for automating the networking laboratory, named Remote Configuration Console, has been developed using PowerShell scripts and Microsoft Visual C#. This paper discusses the design and development of the application and its effectiveness in improving the configuration and management processes. This paper concludes that the application has been successful in improving the efficiency of processes and that the knowledge gained during development can be used to inform the curriculum of the computer networking program itself. Future work will involve investigating how this can be achieved and also validating the results of this work during the academic year.

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正在进行的工作-计算机网络实验室的自动化

计算机网络学位课程的学生使用专用的网络实验室，以便他们可以在不影响大学主网络的情况下进行实际工作。实验室计算机的映像保存在服务器上，并在需要对计算机进行重大更新或重新配置时进行部署。可以在配置和管理过程中进行改进。自动化可以帮助实现其中的一些改进。使用PowerShell脚本和Microsoft Visual c#开发了一个基于服务器的自动化网络实验室应用程序，名为Remote Configuration Console。本文讨论了该应用程序的设计和开发，以及它在改进配置和管理过程中的有效性。本文的结论是，该应用程序成功地提高了流程的效率，并且在开发过程中获得的知识可以用于计算机网络程序本身的课程。未来的工作将包括调查如何实现这一目标，并在学年期间验证这项工作的结果。

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