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Chapter 12. Cisco IOS Software Network Management Capabilities

Performance, scalability, and availability all can be achieved through the rich set of embedded management functionality found in the Cisco IOS Software. We discuss the implementation of the Cisco IOS Software management instrumentation functionality as part of overall enterprise design.

Built-In Management Capabilities

Large enterprises rely on WAN links, but there are several issues with these, including the following:

• High cost, leading to implementation of low-speed lower-cost links
• Speed mismatches between LAN and WAN links leading to congestion, packet loss, and so on
• Combination of real-time applications competing for bandwidth with general data transfer

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