Network Management: Accounting and Performance Strategies

The definitive guide to collecting usage information from Cisco networks
Network Management: Accounting and Performance Strategies imparts a deep understanding of Cisco IOS® embedded management for monitoring and optimizing performance, together with proven best strategies for both accounting and performance management.
The book concludes with chapter-length scenarios that walk you through accounting and performance management for five different applications: data network monitoring, capacity planning, billing, security, and voice network performance.
Network Management: Accounting and Performance Strategies will be indispensable to every professional concerned with network performance, effectiveness, or profitability, especially NMS/OSS architects, network and service designers, network administrators, and anyone responsible for network accounting or billing.

Compare accounting methods and choose the best approach for you
Apply network performance best practices to your network
Leverage built-in Cisco IOS network management system components to quantify performance
Uncover trends in performance statistics to help avoid service degradation before it occurs
Identify under use of network paths, so you can improve overall network efficiency
Walk through hands-on case studies that address monitoring, capacity planning, billing, security, and voice networks
Understand Cisco network performance, deliver on your SLAs, and improve accounting and billing
This book is part of the Networking Technology Series from Cisco Press®, which offers networking professionals valuable information for constructing efficient networks, understanding new technologies, and building successful careers.