[37829] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Request for a clue!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Marr)
Thu May 24 19:44:19 2001
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From: "Joe Marr" <jmarr@twmaine.com>
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"'Thomas Gainer'" <TGainer@e-xpedient.com>
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Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 16:47:56 -0400
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Yes P is for Performance.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of
Wayne Gustavus
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 12:30 PM
To: bannai@pacbell.net; 'Thomas Gainer'
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Subject: RE: Request for a clue!
I agree, sounds like FCAPS
^
which is often used in discussions of full-blown network managements systems
and is described in various standards documents. However, I believe the "P"
has traditionally been for Performance vice Provisioning.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of
> Vinay Bannai
> 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
>
>
>
>
