id: 05659769
dt: b
an: 05659769
au: Ding, Jianguo
ti: Advances in network management.
so: Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press (ISBN 978-1-4200-6452-0/hbk;
    978-1-4200-6455-1/ebook). xxv, 364~p. \$~69.95/hbk (2010).
py: 2010
pu: Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press
la: EN
cc: 
ut: computer networks; management systems architectures; network management
    protocols; theories and techniques; self-management; automatic
    management; context-aware management
ci: 
li: doi:10.1201/9781420064551
ab: This book deals with different network management techniques. It presents
    theory and practice related to commonly used as well as new protocols.
    The author describes management systems architectures and corresponding
    standards. He explains, in detail, how protocol components communicate
    with each other. All parts of the book are supported by diagrams which
    help the reader to understand complex issues of network resources
    management. Quite often, however, similar drawings and definitions
    appear twice or even three times in the book. Due to such repetitions
    the book’s arrangement much resembles a student textbook.  The book
    consists of 6 regular chapters and a few appendices. The first chapter
    presents the motivation and structure of the whole book. Chapter 2
    offers an overview of layered network architectures, including ISO-OSI
    and TCP/IP. It also presents network evolution and trends in
    networking. Chapters 3 through 5 discuss the evolution of network
    management solutions (including SNMP, TMN as well as CMIP and a group
    of protocols related to network management), theories and techniques
    for network management (e.g., graph-theoretic techniques, fuzzy logic,
    etc.), management of emerging networks (i.e., NGN, wireless and mobile
    solutions, satellite networks and grid as well as storage networks),
    and services.  The importance of network resources management has been
    underestimated for many years. The main goal of professional
    administrators is usually to launch a new service, application or
    protocol as soon as possible. A default configuration, proposed by a
    supplier’s solution, enables the initiation of a new functionality,
    however, very often does not guarantee the appropriate security and/or
    efficiency level. The complexity of modern computer networks still
    grows, requiring continuing self-training of the professionals. New
    aspects of self-management, including autonomic computing,
    context-aware management and automatic network management, conclude the
    book.  Manuals accompanying software or hardware network components
    very often do not describe network management as a global process but
    focus on a given product or solution. The lack of theoretical
    foundations and an overall view of network management as one complex
    system can lead to a lower level of network security or degradation of
    the network efficiency. This book is a good source for every computer
    specialist who really wants to broaden his/her knowledge of computer
    network administration.
rv: Jozef Woźniak (Gdańsk)