Network Management

Hi Every Buddy,

This is my PERSONAL blog and here i put my technical views and thought as per my experience. Please feel free to send your comments to me.

Hope You all agree that managing a CORPORATE Network CONSUME a lot of companie's FUEL ( MONEY ) everyday.. This is the FUEL the company has to spend consume 24 x 7 x 365 (366 in case of Leap Year).. I collected some infomrmation from the NET to help us SAVE these PRECIOUS COMAPNIE's FUEL.. MONEY.

Let's look at a good MONEY saving tip........
Using of a NETWORK MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

For decades, companies need to have network administrators work 24 x 7 x 365 to manage a corporate network, and it consumes lot of time and money to manage a CRITICAL corporate network. These restrictions can be overcome by the use of a NETWORK MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE. Let see what is a Network Management Software.

Network management means different things to different people. In some cases, it involves a solitary network consultant monitoring network activity with an outdated protocol analyzer. In other cases, network management involves a distributed database, autopolling of network devices, and high-end workstations generating real-time graphical views of network topology changes and traffic. In general, network management is a service that employs a variety of tools, applications, and devices to assist human network managers in monitoring and maintaining networks.

Most network management architectures use the same basic structure and set of relationships. End stations (managed devices), such as computer systems and other network devices, run software that enables them to send alerts when they recognize problems (for example, when one or more user-determined thresholds are exceeded). Upon receiving these alerts, management entities are programmed to react by executing one, several, or a group of actions, including operator notification, event logging, system shutdown, and automatic attempts at system repair.

Management entities also can poll end stations to check the values of certain variables. Polling can be automatic or user-initiated, but agents in the managed devices respond to all polls. Agents are software modules that first compile information about the managed devices in which they reside, then store this information in a management database, and finally provide it (proactively or reactively) to management entities within network management systems (NMSs) via a network management protocol. Well-known network management protocols include the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP). Management proxies are entities that provide management information on behalf of other entities. Figure 6-1 depicts a typical network management architecture.

This is in brief about a Network Management Software.

I wish you all agree that using a Network Management Software will help companies Monitior and take care of Coprorate Network Effectively and save lots of time and money for them.

If your company is not using any Network Management Software Please do recommend the use of one.

A few popular Network Management Softwares are:

* IBM Tivoli
* HP - OpenView
* Unicenter NSM from CA
* etc..