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Network Management
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on
Monday, May 09, 2016
The facilities that enable
- Charges to be established for the use of managed object
- Cost to be identified for the use of those managed objects
Accounting Management
- Network managers track the use of network resources by user or end-user class
- An end user or group of end users may be abusing its access privileges and burdening the network at the expense of other users
- End users may be making inefficient use of the network, and network manager can assist in chaging procedures to improve performance
- The network manager is easier to plan for network growth if end user activity is known is sufficient detail.
Configuration management is concerned with
- Initializing a network
- Gracefully shutting down part or all of the network
- Maintaining, adding and updating the relationship among components and the status of components themselves during network operation
Configuration Management consist of :
- Inventory management
- Network topology services
- Service-level agrement
- Designing, implementing and processing trouble tickets
- Order processing and provisioning
- Chage management
- Directory services
Requirements for Configuration Management
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The network manager needs
the capability to
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Identify initially the
components that comprise the network
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Define and change the
connectivity of components
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Define and modify default
attributes, and load the predefined sets of attributes into the specified
network components
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Reconfigure a network for
performance evaluation, network upgrade, fault recovery or security checks
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End users want to inquire
about the upcoming status of resources and their attributes before
reconfiguration
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Generate configuration
reports
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Periodic basis
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Response for a request
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Only authorized end users
can manage and control network operation (software distribution and updating)
