Network management is the process of
administering and managing
computer network
A computer network is a set of computers sharing resources located on or provided by network nodes. The computers use common communication protocols over digital interconnections to communicate with each other. These interconnections ar ...
s. Services provided by this discipline include fault analysis, performance management,
provisioning of networks and maintaining
quality of service.
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 (CLI), custom
XML,
CMIP,
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI),
Transaction Language 1 (TL1),
CORBA,
NETCONF, and the
Java Management Extensions (JMX).
Schemas include the
Structure of Management Information In computing, the Structure of Management Information (SMI), an adapted subset of ASN.1, operates in Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to define sets ("modules") of related managed objects in a Management Information Base
A management inf ...
(SMI),
WBEM, the
Common Information Model (
CIM Schema), and
MTOSI
In telecommunications, Multi-Technology Operations System Interface (MTOSI) is a standard for implementing interfaces between OSSs. Service providers (carriers) use multiple Operational Support Systems (OSS) to manage complex networks. Since the v ...
amongst others.
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
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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
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Network Monitoring and Management ToolsSoftware-Defined Network Management
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