2007 Jun 26 - Tue
Network Management Processes
In another exerpt from Cisco's book called Top-Down Network Design, Second Edition, there is a discussion
regarding network mangement as being a part of network design. Very few companies, or many engineers for that
matter, pay much attention to network management.
"Management is often overlooked during the design of a network because it is considered an operational
issue
rather than a design issue. However, by considering network management up front, instead of tacking it on at the
end of the design process or after the network is already operational, designs will be more scalable and
robust."
The The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) defines five types of network management processes
(and some examples for each):
- Performance management: Cricket
- Fault management: Syslog, SNMP Traps
- Configuration management: Rancid
- Security management: Radius, Tacacs, Snort
- Accounting management: Radius
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