Principles of Information Systems (MindTap Course List)
Principles of Information Systems (MindTap Course List)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9781305971776
Author: Ralph Stair, George Reynolds
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 6.1, Problem 2RQ
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Network management software:

  • Network management software is used to monitor, discover, provision and maintain computer networks.
  • Computer network is impossible to manage manually because it is very large and complex to manage.
  • The network management software was developed to reduce burden of managing the growing complexity of computer networks.
  • Using protocols like CDP, ICMP and SNMP, the network management software collects information about the network devices.

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