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Management
[networks, tech]

Management in itself is such a generic word with lots of different interpretation depending on who you are and what you're doing, or even thinking of for the time being. It needs to be put into some additional context.

And also Network Management can be ambiguous:

1. In daily talk, in general, overall, by laymen: management of networks with all sorts of aspects considered (element, network, service, ...)
2. When talking details and specific functions, specific pieces of equipment, by people well familiar with details: the Network Management Layer in the TMN model (see below).

Logical layers as defined in Telecommunications Management Network (TMN): 4. Business Management Layer (BML) 3. Service Management Layer (SML) 2. Network Management Layer (NML) 1. Element Management Layer (EML) 0. Network Elements (NEs; not shown) Wiki-article IEC tutorial Google TMN

FCAPS acronym: Fault Management Accounting Management Configuration Management Performance Management Security Management Wiki-article Google FCAPS

1. What features you need and want
2. How to buy and install
3. Deployment; installation, configuration, education
4. Ongoing maintenance - reoccuring costs for licenses, support, upgrades

From MSP Center from AdventNet:

	Other RMM Tools	Other PSA Tools	MSP Center Plus
Device monitoring
Remote Control
Patch management
SLA management
Desktop management
Asset management
Helpdesk
Service Automation
Technician scheduling
Timesheet & invoice creation

(July 2008)

Products

Just a few as example - there are zillions of element/network/service management solutions out there.

• AdventNet, Inc: MSP Center
• CA Unicenter Network and Systems Management
• Harris Stratex Netboss - www.harrisstratex.com/netboss, harrisstratex.com
• HP Network Node Manager (part of what formerly was called HP OpenView family of products; HP OpenView's rebranded in 2007 to HP Software)
  • www.openview.hp.com/products/nnm
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_OpenView
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Node_Manager
• IBM Tivoli NetView
• Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM)
• Pandora FMS (open source)
• Siemens Integrated Network Management Services / System by Siemens
• SolarWinds Network Management Software Provider
• WhatsUp Gold Network monitoring solutions
• Zenoss commercial open source applications, server, and network management solution

See Also

• SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol
• ( HP - BTO Software - example of all sorts of management solutions from HP)

References

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Network_management
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Management_Network
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCAPS
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Network_Management_Systems