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FCAPS Doug Farnsworth Network Management Abstr?ct ?obv?ous ?rror, Conf?gur?t?on, Account?ng, P?rform?nc?, ?nd S?cur?ty?, FCAPS ?s th? k?y conc?pt us?d to ch?r?ct?r?s? th? ov?r?ll funct?on?l?ty of ?n ?nt?rpr?s? ?dm?n?str?t?on syst?m. Th? ?d of FCAPS st?ms ?x?ctly from ITU.T r?comm?nd?t?ons th?t r?counts th? f?v? d?st?nct k?nds of d?t? m?n?g?d by m?n?g?m?nt sch?m?s FCAPS Introduct?on FCAPS ?s ? m?n?g?m?nt ?nd sup?rv?s?on solut?on th?t follows th? Int?rn?t?on?l T?l?commun?c?t?ons Un?on. Th? ITU d?f?n?d th? TMN ?rch?t?ctur? (T?l?commun?c?t?on M?n?g?m?nt N?twork) ?n 1988. How?v?r th?s mod?l ?s ornt?d to T?l?commun?c?t?on ?nd N?twork ?nd FCAPS ?s mor? th?n ? N?twork M?n?g?r but should b? sn ?s ?n Inform?t?on Syst?m Sup?rv?sor ?nd M?n?g?r. D?v?c?s sup?rv?s?d by FCAPS ?nclud? syst?ms ?nd s?rv?rs, n?twork d?v?c?s, pr?nt?rs, ?ndustrl p?r?ph?r?ls ?tc. D?scuss?on F?ult D?t?ct?on ?s th? f?rst go?l of FPA. Th? hug? numb?r of hlth ?nd?c?tor to sup?rv?s? ?n ?n Inform?t?on Syst?m ?s ?mposs?bl? w?thout ? c?ntr?l?z? solut?on th?t coll?ct ?nd d?spl?y thos? ?nd?c?tors (Andr?w, 2002). FCAPS prov?d?s f?rst ? conv?nnt w?y of v?rtu?lly stor?ng th? d?v?c?s to m?n?g?. Th?y ?r? cl?ss?fd ?n ? book or d?r?ct?ons tr structur? th?t ?s compl?t?ly concv?d by th? m?n?g?r th?r?for? th? structur? ?s ?lw?ys w?ll ?ccl?m?t?z?d to th? comp?ny ?nfr?structur? or org?n?z?t?on. V?su?l curr?nt st?tus of d?v?c?s ?s d?spl?y?d ?n ?lmost rl t?m? ?n th? d?r?ctory but ?lso on gr?ph?c?l IP M?p (th? Int?rn?twork MAP) or ?n org?n?z?t?on?l vw (Act?v? Vw). Th? F?ult D?t?ct?on w?th FCAPS ?s v?ry f?st b?c?us? th? f?ulty d?v?c? or ?ppl?c?t?on ?s p?npo?nt?d by ?ts color ?n ? bl?nk of ?n ?y?. Add?t?on?l progr?ms c?ll?d Plug-?n prov?d?d oth?r w?ys for f?ult d?t?ct?on. Among th?s? on? : Proc?ss Surv?yor d?t?ct f?ulty or m?ss?ng proc?ss?s und?r W?ndows or Un?x, Bulk Thr?shold Control d?t?cts ?n y ch?ng?s or ?ncorr?ct v?lu?s ?n th? SNMP MIB obj?cts, Bulk TCP pull?r d?t?cts unr?spond?ng TCP ports ?tc. M?jor Funct?on?l Ars F?ult F?ult ?dm?n?str?t?on ?s ? s?t of purpos?s wh?ch ?ndows th? d?t?ct?on, ?sol?t?on ?nd corr?ct?on of ?bnorm?l proc?dur? of th? t?l?commun?c?t?on m?sh ?nd ?ts ?nv?ronm?nt. F?ult m?n?g?m?nt ?nsur?s th?t s?rv?c? cont?nu?s ?vl?bl?. Conf?gur?t?on m?n?g?m?nt Conf?gur?t?on ?dm?n?str?t?on prov?d?s purpos?s to workout comm?nd ov?r, r?cogn?s?, coll?ct f?cts ?nd f?gur?s from ?nd prov?d? f?cts ?nd f?gur?s to NEs. Account?ng M?n?g?m?nt Account?ng M?n?g?m?nt ?ndows th? ?st?m?t?on of th? us? of n?twork s?rv?c?s ?nd th? conclus?on of costs to th? s?rv?c? prov?d?r ?nd ?ll?g?t?ons to th? clnt?l? for such us?. It ?lso c?rrs th? conclus?on of ch?rg?s for s?rv?c?s. P?rform?nc? M?n?g?m?nt P?rform?nc? ?dm?n?str?t?on ?ng?g?s th? p?r?od?c coll?ct?on of v?lu? of s?rv?c? m?tr?cs QOS th?t d?st?nu?sh th? pr?s?nt?t?on of th? m?sh ?nd sch?m? r?sourc?. On? of ?ts go?l ?s to f?nd n?twork cong?st?on ?nd bottl?n?cks ?nd m?n?m?z?d th?m by subs?qu?nt ?ct?on. S?cur?ty M?n?g?m?nt S?cur?ty M?n?g?m?nt should m?n?m?z? un?uthor?z?d or un?nt?nt?on?l g?t ?cc?ss to to n?twork comm?nd funct?ons. S?cur?ty m?n?g?m?nt funct?ons dls w?th ?nsur?ng l?g?t?m?t? us?, mntn?ng conf?d?ntl?ts, d?t? ?nt?gr?ty ?nd ?ud?t ?b?l?ty (M?rsh?ll, 1990). Th? loc?l?z?t?on of th? f?ult ?s obv?ous w?th th? MAP d?spl?y (th? r?spons?bl? ?qu?pm?nt ?s r?d color?d) ?nd w?th th? Hl Control C?nt?r th?t f?lt?rs d?v?c?s by ?ts loc?t?on ?n th? d?r?ctory ?nd by ?ts curr?nt st?tus. Furth?rmor?, for hug? n?tworks w?th hundr?ds of nod?s ? srch tool h?lps to f?nd ? d?v?c? ?n th? d?r?ctory or on th? MAP. Act?ons c?n b? t?k?n on st?tus ch?ng? ?nd st?rt ? dgnost?c tool d?d?c?t?d to th? ?ncr?m?n?t?d d?v?c?. Th? v?r?f?c?t?on of conn?ct?v?ty ?s ?vl?bl? ?v?rywh?r? ?n th? GUI by s?mpl? p?ng or SNMP r?qu?st or w?th ?dv?nc?d dgnost?c tools l?k? our gr?ph?c?l Tr?c? Rout? or th? P?th Tr?c? tool. To f?nd f?ults ?n Sw?tch ?nd Br?dg? n?twork ?rch?t?ctur? us?ng th? sp?nn?ng Tr ?lgor?thm us th? Sp?nn?ng Tr Br?dg? MAP plug-?n. Import?nc? Th? loc?l?z?t?on of th? f?ult ?s obv?ous w?th th? MAP d?spl?y (th? r?spons?bl? ?qu?pm?nt ?s r?d color?d) ?nd w?th th? Hlth Control C?nt?r th?t f?lt?rs d?v?c?s by ?ts loc?t?on ?n th? d?r?ctory ?nd by ?ts curr?nt st?tus. Furth?rmor?, for hug? n?tworks w?th hundr?ds of nod?s ? srch tool h?lps to f?nd ? d?v?c? ?n th? d?r?ctory or on th? MAP. Act?ons c?n b? t?k?n on st?tus ch?ng? ?nd st?rt ? dgnost?c tool d?d?c?t?d to th? ?ncr?m?n?t?d d?v?c?. Th? v?r?f?c?t?on of conn?ct?v?ty ?s ?vl?bl? ?v?rywh?r? ?n th? GUI by s?mpl? p?ng or SNMP r?qu?st or w?th ?dv?nc?d dgnost?c tools l?k? our gr?ph?c?l Tr?c? Rout? or th? P?th Tr?c? tool. R?f?r?nc?s Marshall T. Rose, (1990) ?The Open Book? (Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, (2002) ?Computer