In the

network management model FCAPS is the ISO Telecommunications Management Network model and framework for network management. ''FCAPS'' is an acronym for fault, configuration, accounting, performance, security, the management categories into which the ISO model defines netw ...

, a network management application (NMA) is the software that sits on the

network management station FCAPS is the International Organization for Standardization, ISO Telecommunications Management Network model and framework for network management. ''FCAPS'' is an acronym for fault, configuration, accounting, performance, security, the management ...

(NMS) and retrieves data from

management agent A Management agent is a software agent that runs on a managed node (example: a router (computing), router) and provides an User interface, interface to manage it. It can perform operations on managed objects in the node and can also forward notific ...

s (MAs) for the purpose of monitoring and controlling various devices on the network. It is defined by the

ISO/OSI The Open Systems Interconnection model (OSI model) is a conceptual model that 'provides a common basis for the coordination of SOstandards development for the purpose of systems interconnection'. In the OSI reference model, the communications ...

network management model and its subset of protocols, namely Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and

Common Management Information Protocol The Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP) is the OSI specified network management protocol. Defined iITU-T Recommendation X.711, ISO/IEC International Standard 9596-1 It provides an implementation for the services defined by the Common ...

(CMIP).

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