ContentsPreface . viiContributing Authors xiiiCHAPTER 1 Requirements for the Management of Networked Systems 11.1 Management Scenarios . 11.2 Management Functions . 131.3 Organizational Aspects of Management . 231.4 Time Aspects of Management 25CHAPTER 2 IP Network Management 292.1 Choosing to Manage Your Network 292.2 Choosing a Confi guration Method . 312.3 Management Information Base . 352.4 Simple Network Management Protocol . 392.5 Extensible Markup Language 422.6 Common Object Request Broker Architecture 462.7 Choosing a Confi guration Protocol 532.8 Choosing to Collect Statistics . 542.9 Policy Control . 56CHAPTER 3 IP-Based Service Implementation and Network Management . 613.1 Simple Network Management Protocol . 623.2 Ip-Based Service Implementation—OSS . 703.3 Provisioning Issues . 723.4 Network Management Issues . 783.5 OSS Architecture 843.6 Summary . 88CHAPTER 4 Network Management Architecture . 914.1 Background . 914.2 Defi ning Network Management . 924.3 Network Manageme...