management Flashcards
defined as monitoring & controlling
Management
continuous watching of resources for deterioration of function. Is more pro-active rather than reactive
Monitoring
make effective modifications to functioning of resources
Control
involves both co-ordination of resources and co-ordination of monitoring/control activities
Coordination
Connect networks, Routers are layer 3 devices
Routers
Connects computers, works as a controller enabling
Switches
protects networks, controls incoming and outgoing traffic based on rules, creates a secure barrier between trusted and untrusted network like the internet
Firewalls
Networks delivers applications and information to users.
Servers
Managers who undertake mgt activities act more as peers and there is no central manager
Peer-to-Peer Network Management
Managers responsible for specific network resources
Hierarchical Management
Provide a standard way to describe network resources in an application and vendor-independent way for manipulation/query by network management applications
Network Management Models-
Responsible for: detection of a problem
Fault Management
Responsible for:
- Changes, additions and deletions on the managed object parameter
Configuration Management
Optimisation of managed objects e.g. telephone truck line utilisation, bandwidth allocation in ATM network, load balancing on distributed servers
Performance Management
Responsible for:
* administration of access controls on managed objects
Security management
For simple management systems it is quite easy to choose a management product and management for a specific objective e.g. LAN traffic monitoring
FCAPS Network Management
responsible for implementation of Agent for particular network resource & implementation of network protocol to access/control that resource
Equipment Vendor
responsible for ‘middleware’ and some simple management application e.g. HP (HP Openview), IBM (TMN 6000), SUN (NetView
Management Platform vendor
outsourced to Niche network Management Integrator e.g. Siemens or implemented by Telcom operators themselves
Complex Management Applications & Integration
concerned with observing & analyzing the status
Network Monitoring
characterizes current configuration
Static Information
related to events in the network e.g. number of packets
Dynamic Information
derived from dynamic information
Statistical
