Enterprise Network Applications and Management

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Chapter 17

• Enterprise Network Applications and Management

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Enterprise Network Applications

• Transparency
• Across Hosts
• Fault Tolerance
• Scalability
• Horizontal
• Vertical

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Enterprise Directory Services

• Centralized Source of Information for
• Fault Tolerance
• Consistent View of the Enterprise
• Multi-Vendor Implementations
• X.500 Standard
• Novell Directory Services
• NT Directory Services, Active Directory
• Banyan Vines StreetTalk

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Enterprise E-mail Architectures

• Shared File
• Store and Forward Messaging
• Client/Server
• Real-Time Remote Procedure Call Messaging

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More E-mail

• Messaging Protocols
• SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
• X.400
• Attachment Protocols
• OLE (Object Linking and Embedding)
• MIME (Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extension)
• Directory Synchronization Services

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Enterprise Databases

• Distributed vs. Replicated
• Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Replication
• Periodic vs. Triggered Asynchronous Replication

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Enterprise Security

• Authentication -- Smart Cards, Biometrics
• Authorization -- Kerberos
• Encryption -- Export Laws

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Enterprise Network Management

• Agents -- Compatible Device and SW
• Management Information Base (MIBs)
• RMON (Remote Network Monitoring)
• SNMP (Simple Network Mgmt Protocol)
• SNMPv2 Improvements

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Desktop Management Systems

• Configuration and Support of Workstations
• DMTF (Desktop Mgmt Task Force)
• DMI (Desktop Mgmt Interface)
• Inventory, Asset Mgmt, SW Distribution,
  Licensing, Help Desk, Anti-virus, Servers