1.1 Foreword

AdventNet Web NMS is a protocol neutral framework that serves as a foundation for building Web-based Network Management Systems. AdventNet Web NMS is a highly scalable management infrastructure platform that provides applications combined with tremendous flexibility to customize the framework for specific needs.

 

Real World Southbound Management Solutions

In Network Management, there is always one or more high level applications that manage a network and its elements. These high level applications obtain the information about the network elements and correlate them for effective network management. In a typical networked environment, a Network Management System monitors the activities of all the devices attached to the Network. At any time, the NMS would require the status and the performance of the network elements. The NMS needs to monitor one or more Element Management Systems irrespective of the protocols used by the EMS.

 

Some of the Southbound Network Management solutions are

 

Application Management

Managing Enterprise Applications for high availability and performance.

Extranet

Managing Supplier, Customer and Partner Extranet application.

Operational Support System

Managing Service Providers and Equipment Vendors.

Network Management System

Managing the elements of a wide Network comprising various types of devices.

 

AdventNet Web NMS

AdventNet Web NMS is a scalable modular framework for rapid development of applications comprehending Product life cycle support and Application deployment architecture. It is a flexible platform that can be easily extended to build feature-rich Management applications.

 

Application Life Cycle

 

The steps involved in developing a management application using AdventNet Web NMS are

 



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