Part V
Managing Networks
Building a network, or even taking over a network that is already running, is a small part of a network engineer’s job. Networks must be configured. Networks must be managed. Networks break and must be fixed.
This part of this book considers configuring, managing, and troubleshooting networks—although not in that order.
Chapter 21 kicks off this part by discussing the concepts and tools of managing a network. The first section of Chapter 21 covers the importance and kinds of documentation, the second section of the chapter considers the observability problem and the law of large numbers. The final section of Chapter 21 covers the practical tools and techniques used to connect to a network device.
Chapter 22 once again ...
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