January 16, 2001, 8:46 AM — Primers and tutorials
Network management: What it is and what it isn't -- Overview by Douglas Stevenson.
Network, systems and application management -- Index of links on these subjects.
General
Network management white papers -- More than 180 links, collected by Summit Online.
The Open Group -- Organization dedicated to developing and encouraging development of software to improve the scalability, portability, usability, and interoperability of computer systems.
Network Management -- comp.dcom.net-management archives.
LAN/desktop management
Desktop Management Task Force -- Vendor consortium developing standards for gathering information from networked PCs and other devices.
OpenView
OpenView Forum -- OpenView user group.
Policy-based management
IETF RMON Working Group -- RMON info and links.
RMON-related RFCs -- from the IETF.
SNMP
The SNMP FAQ -- Answers to frequently asked SNMP questions.
SimpleWeb, University of Twente -- General SNMP resources, bibliographies, mailing-list archives.
SNMPv2 reading list -- Draft specs, documents and mailing list info for this proposed completion of SNMPv2.
Online documents.
Web-based management
The Web-based Management Page -- Large collection of links on the topic.
