Summary

In this chapter, you learned about network management design, including the following topics:

• Why effective and secure network management is critical

• The various protocols and tools available, including SNMP, MIB, RMON, NetFlow, syslog, and CiscoWorks

• SLCs and SLAs, and the IP SLAs technology embedded in Cisco IOS that allows users to analyze service levels being experienced by IP applications

• Network management design considerations, including security of this critical traffic