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Network Management, MIBs and MPLS: Principles, Design and Implementation

ISBN: 0131011138
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2003
Pages: 150

Authors: Stephen B. Morris

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• Main Page
• Table of content
• Copyright
• Acronyms
• Foreword
• Preface
• Intended Audience
• Purpose of This Book
• Using This Book
• Linked Overviews
• Source Code Location
• The Four Ms
• Outline of the Book
• A Note About Abbreviations
• Additional Resources
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1. Large Enterprise Networks
• Managing Enterprise Networks
• Why Use Network Management?
• SNMP: The De Facto Network Management Standard
• Summary
• Chapter 2. SNMPv3 and Network Management
• SNMPv3 Structure
• SNMPv3 Applications
• SNMPv3 Message Formats
• Network Elements
• Introducing MPLS: First Chunk
• The Trend Towards IP
• MPLS Concepts
• Summary
• Chapter 3. The Network Management Problem
• Bringing the Managed Data to the Code
• Scalability: Today s Network Is Tomorrow s NE
• MIB Note: Scalability
• Light Reading Trials
• Large NEs
• Expensive (and Scarce) Development Skill Sets
• Linked Overviews
• Elements of NMS Development
• Expensive (and Scarce) Operational Skill Sets
• MPLS: Second Chunk
• MPLS and Scalability
• Summary
• Chapter 4. Solving the Network Management Problem
• Filling the Development Skills Gap
• Smarter NMS
• Smarter MIBs
• One Data Model
• Smarter NEs
• Policy-Based Network Management (PBNM)
• Network Management Policies
• Directory-Enabled Networking (DEN)
• IP QoS and the Enterprise
• Summary
• Chapter 5. A Real NMS
• HP OpenView Network Node Manager (NNM)
• Network Discovery and Mapping
• Notification Processing
• Reporting
• Data Warehousing
• Backup and Restore of Firmware and Configuration
• Java Interface for Remote Access
• MIB Support Features
• MPLS Support
• Policy Support
• Reliability Features
• Integration with Other Software
• Programmability
• Workflows and Business Processes
• Applications of NMS
• The Network Is the True Database
• The Network Boundary
• Summary
• Chapter 6. Network Management Software Components
• Fault Server
• Configuration Server
• Accounting Server
• Performance Server
• Security Server
• Other Servers
• Summary
• Chapter 7. Rudimentary NMS Software Components
• Building a Rudimentary Management System
• Configuring SNMP on Windows NT2000
• Setup Required for the Visual C Program
• Building the Sample Visual C SNMP Manager
• The Structure of the Sample Visual C Program
• Using the Rudimentary Management System
• A Note On Security
• The Sample JDMK Java SNMP Manager
• Building the Sample Java Manager
• Extending the Sample SNMP Programs
• Summary
• Chapter 8. Case Study: MPLS Network Management
• The (Internet Draft) Standard MPLS MIBs
• Configuring LSPs Through an LSR
• Creating an LSP Using the LSR MIB
• Creating a Tunnel Using the TE MIB
• Creating LSPs and Tunnels Using an NMS
• NextObjectIndex and Synchronization
• A Note About Standards
• Summary
• Chapter 9. Network Management Theory and Practice
• MIBs Again
• Intelligence in the Network: Manufacturing
• Pushing FCAPS into the Network
• Service-level Network Components
• Generic Objects Realized Using Software Abstraction
• The Need for End-to-End Security
• Shrink-Wrapped Solutions or Consultancy Buy-In
• Integration with OSS Layers: Northbound Interface (NBI)
• Developer Note: The Roles of QA, IT, and Developers
• Solutions Revisited: Thin Software Layers
• Facilitating a Solution Mindset
• A Final Word
• Appendix A. Terminal Server Serial Ports
• Appendix B. Some Simple IP Routing Experiments
• B.1 The IP Routing Table
• B.2 Ping
• B.3 Traceroute
• Appendix C. The IP MIB Table
• MIB Walk on the IP Table
• Appendix D. Visual C Sample Program Source Code
• D.1 snmpdefs.h
• D.2 snmpmgr.c
• Appendix E. JDMK Sample Program Source Code
• E.1 synchronousManager.Java
• References
• Glossary
• Index
• Index A
• Index B
• Index C
• Index D
• Index E
• Index F
• Index H
• Index I
• Index L
• Index M
• Index N
• Index O
• Index P
• Index Q
• Index S
• Index T
• Index U
• Index V