| Those in network management function as | | | | Both the security and quality aspects of network |
| security, monitoring, control, allocation, | | | | management are related to configuration |
| deployment, coordination and planning personnel | | | | management. This is the department that |
| for a businesses network. Network management | | | | manages security features in a specific business |
| therefore describes the act of managing all of | | | | network by controlling any and all changes that |
| those roles. There are lot of protocols that exist | | | | are to be made to the software, hardware, |
| for the operation of network management and its | | | | firmware, documentation and test features within |
| support including programs such as CMIP, | | | | the businesses system. As the companies |
| Common Information Model, Java Management | | | | network system changes and grows the |
| Extensions, Netconf, SNMP, Transaction Language | | | | configuration management team keeps the |
| 1 and WBEM. | | | | system under control and is responsible for |
| The most important area of network marketing | | | | maintaining both security and quality. |
| is routing. Routing is the process in which people | | | | Then there are two main areas of the software |
| select a path within a computer network that will | | | | configuration management. The first area focuses |
| be used to send data back and forth between | | | | on storing entities from the software |
| computers. This area of network management | | | | development project, sometimes referred to as |
| focuses on using nodes, or more often they are | | | | the component repository management. The |
| referred to as routers, to pass logically addressed | | | | other area is known as engineering support and is |
| packets of information from their source to their | | | | focused on producing these entities. |
| destination in a process called forwarding. This is | | | | In order to have a successful network |
| typically done through the use of routing tables | | | | management team there also need to be an |
| which keep up a record of the most efficient | | | | accounting management. This team focuses on |
| routes on which to transfer the information. | | | | the financial status of the business network by |
| Another key aspect of network management is | | | | controlling and reporting its functions. Accounting |
| security management. The goal of security | | | | management accomplishes this by doing analysis, |
| management is to protect the network from | | | | planning and controlling the financial data and |
| unauthorized access which includes all of the | | | | reporting any managerial decisions. Those involved |
| networks sub-functions including the authorization | | | | in accounting management will work with bank |
| of subscriber access, the distribution of security | | | | account maintenance, developing financial |
| related events, control of distributing | | | | statements and analyzing the businesses cash |
| cryptographic keying material and the reporting of | | | | flow and financial health. |
| security related events. | | | | |