[75246] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Status of FCAPS model? Useful? Obsolete?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christian Kuhtz)
Tue Nov 9 13:24:02 2004
Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 13:23:31 -0500
From: Christian Kuhtz <christian.kuhtz@BELLSOUTH.COM>
To: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>,
"Hannigan, Martin" <hannigan@verisign.com>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0411090049340.5637@clifden.donelan.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Seems the latest cluster of hype is around (e)TOM from the TMF, much =
more
than strict FCAPS etc.
On 11/9/04 1:13 AM, "Sean Donelan" <sean@donelan.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, 8 Nov 2004, Hannigan, Martin wrote:
>>> Does the FCAPS model still hold currency among network
>>> managers/engineers
>>> today?
>>=20
>> What's FCAPS?
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> I suppose that answers the question whether FCAPS holds currency
> among network managers/engineers.
>=20
>=20
> It is an ITU-T developed network management model composed of
> Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, Security (FCAPS).
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> Some people think it is a mandatory specification for how to
> manage a network; other people think it is an antiquated view
> of telecom network management; and yet other people think it is
> as relevant as the ISO 7-layer network model.
>=20
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