Troubleshooting SNMP; Analyzing MIBs

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 400 pages
• Published by: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Edition: 1st Edition August 21, 2000
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0072124857
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0072124859
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 1.5 pounds

Book Description
Step by step approach shows how to analyze networks carrying mission critical data such as voice over IP applications, streaming video and e-commerce. Shows how to: prevent meltdowns before they occur; collect, analyze and interpret MIBS using network-monitoring tools. Learn how to analyze MIB output from Cisco Network Monitoring Tools, such as Cisco Works and Nortel. Case studies on how leading financial firms use MIBS to prevent network failure before it occurs!

Book Info
(Osborne) Shows the user how to detect and prevent catastrophic network breakdowns using SNMP and MIB data. Explains MIB architecture, protocols, and syntax. Discusses how to implement SNMP and analyze MIB data, recognize potential weak spots when planning network capacity, collect and interpret MIB output from Cisco, Nortel, and standards, based systems. Softcover.

Reader Reviews
The author makes some excellent points and shares lessons learned in his many years of commercial network management - not the least of which is how to yield meaningful metrics from the data you collect. If you're creating or deploying a highly customized network management system, there are many excellent points to be learned through his experience. However, I was surprised to find that the real content of the book stops at page 69, with the remaining 250 pages listing hundreds of MIB parameters, various attributes, and his recommended threshold values for each. (Curiously, these pages are formatted in Courier font with excessive whitespace - it honestly looks like they did it just to add bulk to the book.) This content could have been represented in 1/3 the space with better layout, or even less space by using a table and referring the reader to the MIB files for non-pertinent details (not to mention that it might be more appropriate on a companion web page). In the right hands, all this info is valuable - I'm sure I'll use it. But the book was sadly weak on text, and most people will be seriously disappointed with this purchase. Moral: check this one out before you buy.