Chapter 8. Understanding Network Management Protocols

Network managers need to have a base level of knowledge about the protocols used to do network management. This chapter will help you acquire this knowledge or review the protocols if you already are familiar with them. The chapter is designed to give you an overview of the most-used protocols and to discuss Cisco-specific information concerning them.

The protocols that are covered in this chapter are as follows:

• Ping

• Traceroute

• Terminal emulators

• SNMP

• RMON MIB

• Syslog

• Cisco Discovery Protocol

• Name service