This appendix contains a list of suggested reading materials, including the following:
Cisco Systems provides the following technical guides. You can order these publications from the Customer Response Center:
- MIB User Quick Reference--Contains Cisco MIB variable information.
- System Error Messages--Describes all Cisco system error messages and corrective actions for the router, communication server, and protocol translator products.
- Router Products Configuration and Reference--Contains information on using Cisco multiprotocol routers and the system interface, system configuration, and network and system administration.
- Router Products Getting Started Guide--Provides new users with a flowchart and instructions for completing an initial router configuration in less than one hour using the setup command.
- Router Products Command Summary--Contains a summary of the commands a system administrator uses to configure a Cisco router for its routing and bridging tasks.
- Internetworking Terms and Acronyms--Contains a glossary of internetworking terms and acronyms.
Following is a list of helpful internetworking and network management references:
- Case, J. D., J. R. Davin, M. S. Fedor, and M. L. Schoffstall. "Network Management and the Design of SNMP." ConneXions: The Interoperability Report 3. Vol. No. 2: March 1989.
- Case, J. D., J. R. Davin, M. S. Fedor, and M. L. Schoffstall. "Introduction to the Simple Gateway Monitoring Protocol." IEEE Network: March 1988.
- Leinwand, A. and K. Fang. Network Management: A Practical Perspective. New York, New York: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company; 1993.
- Networking Management magazine.
- Rose, M. T., The Open Book: A Practical Perspective on OSI; 1990.
- Rose, M. T., The Simple Book: An Introduction to Management of TCP/IP-based Internets; 1991.
Following are detailed information sources relating to building MIB object structure and network management-related RFCs:
- RFC 1215, A Convention for Defining Traps with the SNMP, March 1991.
- RFC 1213, Management Information Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based Internets: MIB-II, March 1991 (obsoletes RFC 1158).
- RFC 1212, Concise MIB Definitions, March 1991.
- RFC 1157, A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), May 1990 (obsolETEs RFC 1098).
- RFC 1156, Management Information Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based Internets, May 1990 (obsoletes RFC 1066).
- RFC 1155, Structure and Identification of Management Information for TCP/IP-based Internets, May 1990 (obsoletes RFC 1065).
- RFC 1052, IAB Recommendations for the Development of Internet Network Management Standards, April 1988.
- Information Processing System--Open System Interconnection; Specification of Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1). International Organization for Standardization, International Standard 8824; December 1987.
Following is a list of Sun and SunNet Manager publications:
- Sun System User's Guide
- Sun System and Network Manager's Guide
- Sun System and Network Administration
- SunOS Reference Manual
- SunOS Network Environment
- SunNet Manager 2.0 User's Guide, SunConnect, Rev. A, June 1992
- SunNet Manager 2.0 Reference Guide, SunConnect, Rev. A, June 1992
Following is a list of HP OpenView publications:
- HP OpenView Windows User's Guide, December 1993
- HP OpenView Network Node Manager User's Guide, December 1993
- HP OpenView Network Node Manager Administrator's Reference, December 1993
- HP OpenView SNMP Management Platform Administrator's Reference, December 1993
Following is a list of IBM NetView for AIX publications:
- NetView for AIX Concepts:A General Information Manual
- NetView for AIX User's Guide for Beginners
- NetView for AIX Administrator's Guide
- NetView for AIX Administrator's Reference
