NETWORK MANAGEMENT STANDARDS INTERNET INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE

NETWORK MANAGEMENT: STANDARDS INTERNET • INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE (IETF) • OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT AREA • SNMP ISO • ISO-IEC/JTC 1/WG 4 • OSI • CMIP-CMIS ITU-T • SG IV • TMN OTHERS • DMTF • TM FORUM • OMG • IEEE • . . . Copyright © 2001 by Aiko Pras These sheets may be used for educational purposes

CHARACTERISTICS IETF • MANAGEMENT SHOULD BE SIMPLE • VARIABLE ORIENTED APPROACH • MANAGEMENT INFORMATION EXCHANGES MAY BE UNRELIABLE ISO • MANAGEMENT SHOULD BE POWERFUL • OBJECT ORIENTED APPROACH • MANAGEMENT INFORMATION MUST BE EXCHANGED IN A RELIABLE FASHION TMN • DEFINES ONLY A MANAGEMENT ARCHITECTURE • THE ACTUAL PROTOCOLS ARE THOSE OF OSI • OUT-OF-BAND MANAGEMENT

HISTORY

MARKET SHARE NUMBER OF AGENTS? NUMBER OF MANAGERS? MONEY? FOR SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTS? • IBM MAIN-FRAMES • PRIVATE DATA LANs • PRIVATE DATA WANs • PABX • PUBLIC VOICE NETWORKS • PUBLIC DATA NETWORKS

WHY DID SNMP SUCCEED? • STANDARDS CAN BE OBTAINED FOR FREE • STANDARDS ARE AVAILABLE FROM FTP & WWW SERVERS IN AN ELECTRONIC FORM • RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS • PROTOTYPES MUST DEMONSTRATE THE NEED FOR, AND THE FEASIBILITY OF STANDARDS

IETF STANDARDIZATION

ISO STANDARDIZATION

SNMP HISTORY draft standard proposed standard SNMPv 3 draft standard proposed standard full standard draft standard SGMP SNMPv 2 (community) implementation experience SNMPv 2 SMP security (parties) 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 historic HEMS/HEMP proposed standard CMOT 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

OSI HISTORY

TMN HISTORY