ExEcutivE
BriEfings
Automating network
Management
Good network management comes from good planning,
good implementation and good tools.
executive summary
Network Management: It’s Critical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
network management 101
Primer: SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The Story So Far . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Planning an Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Choosing a System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
automation to the rescue
Monitoring Your Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Keeping the Lifts Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Automatingthe40Monkeys ...................... 15
Network Monitor with a Brain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Enabling Automated Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
securing the networks
Is CNN Your IDS? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
VulnerabilityManagement ....................... 22
TheNewFrontier:Video ......................... 24
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