The goal of configuration management is to monitor network and system configuration information so that the effects on network operation of various versions of hardware and software elements can be tracked and managed.
Each network device has a variety of version information associated with it. An engineering workstation, for example, may be configured as follows:
Each network device has a variety of version information associated with it. An engineering workstation, for example, may be configured as follows:
- Operating system, Version 3.2
- Ethernet interface, Version 5.4
- TCP/IP software, Version 2.0
- NetWare software, Version 4.1
- NFS software, Version 5.1
- Serial communication controller, Version 1.1
- X.25 software, Version 1.0
- SNMP software, Version 3.1
Configuration management subsystems store this information in a database for easy access. When a problem occurs, this database can be searched for clues that may help solve the problem.
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