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RE: Request for a clue!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Gainer)
Tue May 22 14:38:22 2001
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From: Thomas Gainer <TGainer@e-xpedient.com>
To: "'bannai@pacbell.net'" <bannai@pacbell.net>,
Thomas Gainer <TGainer@e-xpedient.com>
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Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 14:34:48 -0400
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Aye, FCAPS is what I was looking for.
Thanks
Thomas Gainer
-----Original Message-----
From: Vinay Bannai [mailto:bannai@pacbell.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 2:31 PM
To: Thomas Gainer
Cc: 'nanog@merit.edu'
Subject: Re: Request for a clue!
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
