Network management refers to the activities, methods, procedures, and tools that pertain to the operation, administration, maintenance, and provisioning (OAM&P) of networked systems. In network management, functions such as security, monitoring, control, allocation, deployment, coordination and planning are executed. Network management is governed by a large number of protocols that exist for its support, including SNMP, CMIP, WBEM, This course introduces the fundamentals of network management and operations It details the technology fundamentals of network OAM&P and network management architecture and protocols such as SNMP, WBEM and others. It explains what's behind this family of popular networking standards and procedures.