Discussion: Network Management Tools

Managing network performance is always a great challenge. This doubles when multiple point products are used to manage it. For this discussion, pick one of the following topics associated with network management and research it accordingly. Your main post will describe how you will manage the network based on the topic you chose.

  • Networking and server monitoring
  • Bandwidth analysis
  • Firewall-log management
  • Configuration management
  • IP address and switch-port management
  • Fault management

Assume the network you must manage belongs to a global business with thousands of employees across the world. List the topic of choice and include a summary of your management utilization.