This document presents a Network Management System (NMS) architecture and implementation guidelines intended to facilitate the creation of a framework for monitoring and managing a generalized wholesale dial solution.
No single NMS component assumes all responsibilities within the environment. Instead, several components are integrated to ensure the wholesale dial solution is comprehensively managed.
This brief chapter summarizes the purpose, scope, assumptions, and intended audience of this document. The remainder of the document is split into two parts:
To present an architecture for managing Cisco-based wholesale dial environments in the context of the general International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Open System Interconnection (OSI) Network Management System (NMS) model.
To illustrate how such an architecture can be used to monitor and manage the typical components in a wholesale dial network.
This document addresses the architectural framework for a wholesale dial NMS environment. It provides implementation recommendations for several selected Cisco and third-party NMS tools.
This document is not a task-oriented implementation study guide. Instead, the information presented is intended to illustrate a framework for managing wholesale dial to help you build a scalable and manageable NMS infrastructure. Where applicable, elements of various NMS tools, relevant management information base (MIB) objects, and other relevant application features are discussed to help guide readers toward effective NMS deployment.
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