Network management is the process of
administering and managing
computer network
A computer network is a collection of communicating computers and other devices, such as printers and smart phones. In order to communicate, the computers and devices must be connected by wired media like copper cables, optical fibers, or b ...
s. Services provided by this discipline include fault analysis, performance management,
provisioning of networks and maintaining
quality of service
Quality of service (QoS) is the description or measurement of the overall performance of a service, such as a telephony or computer network, or a cloud computing service, particularly the performance seen by the users of the network. To quantitat ...
.
Network management software is used by
network administrators to help perform these functions.
Technologies
A small number of accessory methods exist to support network and network device management. Network management allows IT professionals to monitor network components within large network area. Access methods include the
SNMP,
command-line interface
A command-line interface (CLI) is a means of interacting with software via command (computing), commands each formatted as a line of text. Command-line interfaces emerged in the mid-1960s, on computer terminals, as an interactive and more user ...
(CLI), custom
XML
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing data. It defines a set of rules for encoding electronic document, documents in a format that is both human-readable and Machine-r ...
,
CMIP,
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI),
Transaction Language 1 (TL1),
CORBA,
NETCONF,
RESTCONF and the
Java Management Extensions (JMX).
Schemas include the
Structure of Management Information (SMI),
YANG,
WBEM, the
Common Information Model (
CIM Schema), and
MTOSI amongst others.
Value
Effective network management can provide positive strategic impacts. For example, in the case of developing an infrastructure, providing participants with some interactive space allows them to collaborate with each other, thereby promoting overall benefits. At the same time, the value of network management to the strategic network is also affected by the relationship between participants. Active participation, interaction and collaboration can make them more trusting of each other and enhance cohesion.
See also
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Application service management
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Business service management
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Capacity management
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Comparison of network monitoring systems
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of Wikipedia:Notability, notable network monitoring systems. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.
Features
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FCAPS
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In-network management
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Integrated business planning
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Network and service management taxonomy
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Network monitoring
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Network traffic measurement
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Out-of-band management
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Systems management
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Website monitoring
References
External links
Network Monitoring and Management ToolsSoftware-Defined Network Management
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