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NMS Architecture: FCAPS or ITIL?

I was recently asked if the network management architecture that I described in a series of posts follows an FCAPS model or an ITIL model. (See “A Network Management Architecture, [...]

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A Network Management Architecture, Part 4

This is the fourth and final post of a series on the network management architecture used by NetCraftsmen. The architecture is shown below, consisting of seven elements. In this post, [...]

Terry Slattery

A Network Management Architecture, Part 3

This is the third of a series of posts on the network management architecture used by NetCraftsmenTCP Performance and the Mathis Equation.) If packet loss is detected, then check the [...]

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A Network Management Architecture, Part 2

In A Network Management Architecture, Part 1, I discussed a Network Management Architecture, composed of seven elements, shown in the figure below. I described the Event and NCCM elements in [...]

Terry Slattery

A Network Management Architecture, Part 1

At NetCraftsmen, we get to do a lot of network assessments where we examine and evaluate a customer’s network, including the network management implementation. As a result of this work, [...]