Comparison Criteria for GDMO-Based Network Management Information [Vol. 4, No. 1, 1996]

Comparison Criteria for GDMO-Based Network Management Information

P. Czarnecki
EFP-The Franco-Polish School of New Information and Communication
Technologies
ul. P. Mansfelda 4
P.O. Box 31
60-854 Poznan, Poland
Email: czarneck_AT_efp.poznan.pl

A. Jajszczyk
EFP-The Franco-Polish School of New Information and Communication
Technologies
ul. P. Mansfelda 4
P.O. Box 31
60-854 Poznan, Poland
Email: jajszcz_AT_efp.poznan.pl

M. Wilkosz
BT
Development and Procurement
PP 2/2/OP, B83 BT Laboratories
Martlesham Heath, Ipswich
Suffolk IP5 7RE, United Kingdom
Email: wilkosz_AT_ses6a.bt.co.uk

Abstract
The integration of Management Information Bases (MIBs) is one of the challenges of integrated network management. This is made more difficult by the existence of many different ways for structuring the MIB and defining managed objects. This paper addresses the issue of integrating GDMO-based MIBs created on the basis of different Management Information Models (MIMs). Three MIMs (NMF Library Release 1.1, ITU-T M. 3100 and ETSI GOM) are analyzed with the help of a simple network configuration, and some MIM comparison criteria are proposed. The criteria can be used to assess the difficulty of integrating MIBs based on those models.

Keywords: Information models; GDMO; comparison criteria; integration of management systems; management modeling.

JNSM: Vol. 4, No. 1, 1996 Comparison Criteria for GDMO-Based Network Management Information [Vol. 4, No. 1, 1996]

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