System architects and engineers in fields such as storage networking, desktop computing, electrical power distribution, and telecommunications need a common and flexible way of managing heterogeneous devices and services. Web-Based Enterprise Management WBEM and its Component Information Model (CIM) provide the architecture, language,...

Defend against the sneakiest attacks by looking at your Cisco network and devices through the eyes of the intruder. Hacking Exposed Cisco Networks shows you, step-by-step, how hackers target exposed systems, gain access, and pilfer compromised...

If you do systems administration work of any kind, you have to deal with the growing complexity of your environment and increasing demands on your time. Automating System Administration with Perl, Second Edition, not only offers you the right tools for your job, but also suggests the best way to approach specific problems and to securely...

Set up and troubleshoot all facets of TCP/IP networking in Windows® 2000 with expertise from those who know the technology best—the Windows 2000 development team. This guide delivers essential architectural and...

Imagine you're celebrating the start of the weekend with Friday-night drinks with a few friends. And then suddenly your phone rings -- one of the servers you administer has gone down, and it needs to be back up before tomorrow morning. So you drag yourself back to the office, only to discover that some log files have been growing more...

• Monitor almost anything in a network.
• Control notifications in your network by configuring Nagios Core.
• Get a handle on best practices and time-saving configuration methods for a leaner...

• Program with Orchestrator to automate and synchronize your infrastructure
• Integrate the base plug-ins into your workflows
• ...

Java is now used with increasing frequency to develop mission-critical applications. Using Java Management Extensions (JMX) is the key to managing those applications. As JMX is increasingly accepted into the fields of embedded systems, enterprise systems, and telephony, it is clear that all Java developers will encounter JMX...

Cisco routers are nearly ubiquitous in IP networks. They are extremely flexible and reliable devices, and the number and variety of features grows with each new release of the Internetwork Operating System (IOS). While Cisco Press and several other publishers supply excellent documentation of router features both online and...

Leveraging Scripting is the second in a series of two books dedicated to WMI. Understanding WMI, Lissoir’s first book, explained to Windows Administrators the various WMI scripting techniques and manageability capabilities of this new Windows Server 2003 platform. Illustrated with hundreds of scripts and detailed...

Almost every busy network backbone has some congested links while others remain underutilized. That's because shortest-path routing protocols send traffic down the path that is shortest without considering other network parameters,...