Chapter 9

Infrastructure

This chapter covers the following topics:

  • Network Management: This section covers the purpose of network management through concept, engineering, provisioning, monitoring/operations, and decommissioning.

  • Methods of Network Provisioning: This section reveals different methods in the process of network provisioning, such as CLI/console, SNMP, file transfer, embedded management, and the use of management systems.

  • Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP): This section covers the concept of zero-touch provisioning or bootstrap configuring a device without physical access and manual effort.

  • Atomic or SDN-Like/Controller-Based Networking: This section covers the concept of software-defined networking and its impact on network engineering ...

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