A framework for end-to-end proactive network management

Current advances in networking, computing, software and web technologies have led to an explosive growth in the development of networked applications. Management of large-scale networks and their applications is an extremely complex task due to factors such as centralized management architectures, lack of coordination and compatibility among heterogeneous network management systems, and dynamic characteristics of networks and application bandwidth requirements. We do need to develop an integrated network management paradigm that is proactive, scalable and robust. In this paper, we present a framework for end-to-end proactive management of global heterogeneous networks and their applications. Our framework consists of a threelevel hierarchy: Network and Protocol Management (NPM), Management Computing System (MCS), and ApplicationCentric Management (ACM). The NPM layer addresses the issues of utilizing existing network management tools, ing their collected management information, and pr...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1998
• Where: NOMS
• Authors: Salim Hariri, Yoonhee Kim, K. Varshney, R. Kaminski, D. Hague, C. Maciag
• Keywords: Communications, Management, Network Management, NOMS 1998, Proactive Management