References and Recommended Reading

This appendix contains a list of suggested reading materials, including the following:

Cisco Technical Publications

Cisco Systems provides the following technical guides. You can order these publications from the Customer Response Center:

Cisco Management Information Base (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---Contains information on using Cisco multiprotocol devices and the system interface, system configuration, and network and system administration.
Router Products Reference---Contains reference information on using Cisco multiprotocol devices 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 setup.
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.

The CiscoWorks User Guide is no longer in print. All user task and important reference information now appear in the CiscoWorks online help.

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. 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/IPbased 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:

Following is a list of HP OpenView publications: