The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a necessary tool for every network administrator. You can easily configure it with just a few commands. SNMP is still the most popular way to monitor ...

There’s no such thing as a dedicated iSCSI switch because iSCSI storage traffic runs on Ethernet networks. That doesn’t mean, however, that we can’t have a discussion about iSCSI switches as there are ...

In assessing switch management and security, we sought to answer three questions: Did devices follow current best practices by default? Could users configure switches to follow these best practices?

Many administrators forget—or don’t even realize—that they can configure Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) on Cisco IOS routers and switches. David Davis discusses the pros and cons of this ...