Chapter . Network Management
Keeping the Network Alive from Afar
Network management is the process of documenting, monitoring, troubleshooting, and configuring network devices. Network management gives visibility to the quality of the network’s operation and identifies any problems that are about to occur or that have already occurred.
The routers and switches in a network have the same components as a regular PC. There are a CPU (or two), memory, storage, and network interfaces. The primary difference from a PC is that network equipment is highly optimized to perform certain functions such as passing packets quickly.
The nature of today’s networks is that network equipment is distributed everywhere. Remote branches, data centers, locations around ...
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