Automated network management systems : Current and future capabilities / Douglas E. Comer, Deparment of computer sciences

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Chapter 1. The network management challenge. -- Part 1. Basic and definitions. Chapter 2. A review of network elements and services. -- Chapter 3. The network management problem. -- Chapter 4. Configuration and operation. -- Chapter 5. Fault detection and correction. -- Chapter 6. Accounting and billing. -- Chapter 7. Performance assessment and optimization. -- Chapter 8. Security. -- Part 2. Tools and platforms. -- Chapter 9. Management tools and technologies. -- Chapter 10. Simple network management protocol (SNMP). -- Chapter 11. Flow data and flow analysis (NetFlow). -- Chapter 12. Routing and traffic engineering. -- Chapter 13. Management scripting. -- Part 3. The future of network management. -- Chapter 14. Network automation: questions and goals. -- Chapter 15. Architecture for network management software. -- Chapter 16. Representation, semantics, and information models. -- Chapter 17. Design tradeoffs. -- Chapter 18. Open questions and research problems.

"The next era in networking will focus on automating the planning, configutation, control, and operation of computer networks and internets. In this book, Dr. Comer illuminates the challenges of automating network management, reviews the available management tools and technologies, and previews the future of automated management".