Speaker
Mr
Troy Dawson
(FERMILAB)
Description
Fermilab is a high energy physics research lab that maintains a highly dynamic
network which typically supports around 15,000 active nodes. Due to the open
nature of the scientific research conducted at FNAL, the portion of the network
used to support open scientific research requires high bandwidth connectivity to
numerous collaborating institutions around the world, and must facilitate
convenient access by scientists at those institutions. Network Information and
Monitoring Infrastructure (NIMI) is a framework built to help network management
personnel and the computer security team monitor and manage the FNAL network.
This includes the portions of the network used to support open scientific
research as well as the portions for more tightly controlled administrative and
scientific support activities. As an infrastructure, NIMI has been used to build
such applications as Node Directory, Network Inventory Database and Computer
Security Issue Tracking System (TIssue). These applications have been
successfully used by FNAL Computing Division personnel to manage local network,
maintain necessary level of protection of LAN participants against external
threats and promptly respond to computer security incidents. The article will
discuss NIMI structure, functionality of major NIMI-based applications, history
of the project, its current status and future plans.
Author
Mr
Igor Mandrichenko
(FNAL)
Co-authors
Donald Petravick
(FNAL)
James Fromm
(FNAL)
Joseph Klemencic
(FNAL)
Mark Leininger
(FNAL)
Randolph Reitz
(FNAL)
Vladimir Bravov
(FNAL)
