[37695] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Request for a clue!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Vinay Bannai)
Tue May 22 14:34:21 2001
Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 11:30:42 -0700
From: Vinay Bannai <bannai@pacbell.net>
To: Thomas Gainer <TGainer@e-xpedient.com>
Cc: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
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Thomas Gainer wrote:
> I have heard a whisper about a network equipment evaluation standard called
> FCATS. I have never heard of it (only NEBS) and I can not find any
> information on it. All my searches turn up information on the Florida
> standardized tests but nothing regarding technology evaluation and
> reporting. Does anyone have a hint I can follow to find information, like
> maybe what the acronym stands for?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Thomas
Maybe you are referring to FCAPS. It stands for Fault Configuration Accounting
Provisioning and Security. This is used to represent the various
functionalities that a network equipment is typically required to support.
I personally have not heard of FCATS in reference to network equipments.
Vinay
