Network Management Fundamentals / Edition 1

by Alexander Clemm

Overview

Network Management Fundamentals

A guide to understanding how network management technology really works

Alexander Clemm, Ph.D.

Network management is an essential factor in successfully operating a network. As a company becomes increasingly dependent on networking services, keeping those services running is synonymous with keeping the business running. Network Management Fundamentals provides you with an accessible overview of network management covering management not just of networks themselves but also of services running over those networks.

Network Management Fundamentals explains the different technologies that are used in network management and how they relate to each other. The book focuses on fundamental concepts and principles. It provides a solid technical foundation for the practitioner to successfully navigate network management topics and apply those concepts to particular situations.

The book is divided into four parts:

• Part I provides an overview of what network management is about and why it is relevant. It also conveys an informal understanding of the functions, tools, and activities that are associated with it.
• Part II examines network management from several different angles, culminating in a discussion of how these aspects are combined into management reference models.
• Part III provides more detail into different building blocks of network management introduced in Part II, such as management protocols, management organization, and management communication patterns.
• Part IV rounds out the book with a number of management topics of general interest, including management integration and service-level management.

Dr. Alexander Clemm is a senior architect with Cisco®. He has been involved with integrated management of networked systems and services since 1990. He has provided technical leadership for many leading-edge network management development, architecture, and engineering efforts from original conception to delivery to the customer, and he has also served as technical program co-chair of the 2005 IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management.

• Grasp the business implications of network management
• Examine different management reference models, such as Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, and Security (FCAPS)

• Understand the building blocks of network management and their purposes
• Assess the implications and impact of management technologies and put them in perspective
• Prepare for decisions about network management that require an understanding of the “big picture”

This book is part of the Cisco Press® Fundamentals Series. Books in this series introduce networking professionals to new networking technologies, covering network topologies, example deployment concepts, protocols, and management techniques.

Category: Networking

Covers: Network Management

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781587201370
Publisher:	Cisco Press
Publication date:	12/05/2006
Series:	Fundamentals Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	552
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Dr. Alexander Clemm, Ph.D. is a Senior Architect with Cisco Systems. He has been involved with integrated management of networked systems and services since 1990. Alex has provided technical leadership for many network management development and engineering efforts from original conception to delivery to the customer. They include management instrumentation of network devices, turnkey management solutions for packet telephony and managed services, and management systems for Voice over IP networks, broadband access networks, and provisioning of residential subscriber services. Alex has approximately 30 publications related to network management and 15 patents pending. He is on the Organizing Committee or Technical Program Committee of the major technical conferences in the field, including IM, NOMS, DSOM, IPOM, and MMNS, and he served as Technical Program Co-chair of the 2005 IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management. He holds a Ph.D. degree from the University of Munich and a Master’s degree from Stanford University.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I Network Management: An Overview

Chapter 1 Setting the Stage

Defining Network Management

Analogy 1: Health Care—the Network, Your Number One Patient

Analogy 2: Throwing a Party

A More Formal Definition

The Importance of Network Management: Many Reasons to Care

Cost

Quality

Revenue

The Players: Different Parties with an Interest in Network Management

Network Management Users

Network Management Providers

Network Management Complexities: From Afterthought to Key Topic

Technical Challenges

Organization and Operations Challenges

Business Challenges

Chapter Summary

Chapter Review

Chapter 2 On the Job with a Network Manager

A Day in the Life of a Network Manager

Pat: A Network Operator for a Global Service Provider

Chris: Network Administrator for a Medium-Size Business

Sandy: Administrator and Planner in an Internet Data Center

Observations

The Network Operator’s Arsenal: Management Tools

Device Managers and Craft Terminals

Network Analyzers

Element Managers

Management Platforms

Collectors and Probes

Intrusion Detection Systems

Performance Analysis Systems

Alarm Management Systems

Trouble Ticket Systems

Work Order Systems

Workflow Management Systems and Workflow Engines

Inventory Systems

Service Provisioning Systems

Service Order–Management Systems

Billing Systems

Chapter Summary

Chapter Review

Chapter 3 The Basic Ingredients of Network Management

The Network Device

Management Agent

Management Information, MOs, MIBs, and Real Resources

Basic Management Ingredients—Revisited

The Management System

Management System and Manager Role

A Management System’s Reason for Being

The Management Network

Networking for Management

The Pros and Cons of a Dedicated Manage