Cisco Router Configuration, Second Edition

Basic Network Management

Network management is the process of managing faults, controlling configurations, monitoring performance, ensuring security, and accounting for activity on a data network. Each of these tasks is necessary to have complete control of a data network environment, which is an essential component of an organization. The ISO Network Management Forum has defined network management as the sum of all activities required to perform fault, configuration, performance, security, and accounting management for a data network.

Network management platforms are software systems designed to perform the activities of network management. Some examples of network management platforms are Hewlett-Packard OpenView, Cabletron Spectrum, Sun Solstice ...