| Hello Ania:
Would that there was just one document on network management standards,
but there are dozens already. They fall into 4 major groupings:
Overviews, Services and protocol (CMIP), How to structure management
information (SMI), and the management functions (SMFs). The most
important standards are now international standardsd, and they very
much "look like" our technology. This is not an accident, since we
submitted most of the basic technology to the standards process, and
have been very active in the development of this technology into the
final standards. The work in the standards organizations is by no
means finished, but it is well on its way.
We are already updating relevant parts of MCC to the final standard specs
(e.g., CMIP) and are formulating plans for other parts.
I would be glad to provide a list of these standards, and also send
you some tutorial information. There is also another piece of the
picture being worked on, and this is called Profile development. The
profiles are implementors agrement on how the standards will be
implemented so that maximum interoperability can be achieved. These
are becoming very important.
Let me know is you would like more information.
Dorothy
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| Sorry, for taking so long to anwser you but I was in the midst of
closing Phase 3 for the last couple of weeks and did not have time for
much else. I have heard rumors that the standard that was either
recently approved or will be approved shortly is somewhat different
from:
EMA architecture?
MCC implementation?
I do not seem to be able to get a straight answer from anyone. It is
that aspect that is of interst to me.
Thanks, Ania
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| Hi Ania:
I hear you saying that you would like to have either a "YES, we conform
to every management standard 100%." or "NO, we do not conform." The
world of standards -- development, implementation in products, and even
conformance testing -- provide few if any absolutes!
The best answer anyone can give to your question will not be in
absolutes. Our EMA is most definitely standards based. The
international standards already approved most definitely reflect our
MCC product technology (see 1563.1). Each version of our products gets
us closer to the standards, which have been moving and changing
targets. It will take time to upgrade our products which were based on
draft work to totally reflect the final standards (which are not even
published yet.)
And also, the answer to this question has lots of parts, because there
are many standards and standards-in-process; lots of dcouments referred
to as standards; and many MCC products. And no one has a management
product that conforms to the set of standards so far approved. We are
probably closer than anyone else, worldwide, and giving it our best
shot.
Dorothy
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