Chapter 9 Review Questions
1. A network manager would like to have network management capabilities when (a) a
component of the network fails, (b) a component of the network is about to fail, and is
2. Performance management, fault management, configuration management, accounting
management, security management.
3. Network management is more narrowly defined, as it focuses on the resources in the
network – monitoring their functions and controlling their operation. These resources
4.
x Managing entity: control the collection, processing, analysis, display of network
management information, and is used by the network manager to control the
devices in the network.
6. The trap message is sent by the management agent to the managing entity (and
7. GetRequest, GetNextRequest, GetBulkRequest, SetRequest, InformRequest,
Response, Trap
8. The SNMP engine is the part of an SNMP implementation that handles the
10. The role of the presentation layer is to allow the sending and receiving of data in a
11. The Internet does not have presentation layer. It is up to the implementers of
protocols to make sure that data is sent and received in the desired format.
Chapter 9 Problems
Problem 1
Request response mode will generally have more overhead (measured in terms of the
number of messages exchanged) for several reasons. First, each piece of information
received by the manager requires two messages: the poll and the response. Trapping
Problem 2
Often, the time when network management is most needed is in times of stress, when the
Problem 3
Problem 4
Microsoft file formats are under 1.2.840.113556.4 (see section 8.3.2)
Problem 6
Problem 7
Problem 8
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