Network management Book

	Preface
1	Communication--quo vadis?	1
1.1	Development of data processing--network nightmares	2
1.2	Communication--quo vadis?	14
1.3	The structure of the book	32
2	Network management--systematic introduction to the problem	33
2.1	The classical areas of responsibility of network management	35
2.2	Network management: delimitation and formation of concepts	38
2.3	Digression: distributed systems	64
2.4	Summary of network and system management requirements	75
2.5	Summary	88
3	Network management in the IBM area: SNA-NMA, NetView and SystemView	89
3.1	Introduction	91
3.2	The development of the area of SNA/SAA network management	91
3.3	The Network Management Architecture and its core product, NetView	104
3.4	The future perspective: SystemView, IBM's comprehensive management strategy	118
3.5	Summary	136
4	Classical network management: example of DEC and Siemens	139
4.1	Introduction	140
4.2	DEC DNA and network management	141
4.3	Siemens: SINEC and TRANSDATA	147
4.4	Summary	156
5	OSI network management	157
5.1	General introduction to OSI management	158
5.2	The OSI management framework	165
5.3	OSI system management	167
5.4	OSI layer management	189
5.5	OSI protocol management	190
5.6	Identification of OSI resources	191
5.7	Summary	193
6	Management in TCP/IP environments: SNMP	195
6.1	The TCP/IP environment	197
6.2	Introduction to SNMP	200
6.3	The structure of SNMP	200
6.4	SNMP products	204
6.5	Limitations and problems of SNMP	210
6.6	SNMP versus CMIP	211
6.7	The future of SNMP	214
6.8	Summary	214
7	Manufacturers' OSI-oriented schemes for integrated network management	217
7.1	The structure of integrated multivendor network architectures	219
7.2	AT&T: Unified Network Management Architecture	223
7.3	DEC: Enterprise Management Architecture	232
7.4	Hewlett-Packard: Open View	241
7.5	Siemens: development of TRANSDATA management	252
7.6	Other management schemes of other companies	259
7.7	Decisive medium-term developments	260
	Abbreviations	263
	Bibliography	267
	Index	271