A Survey of Distributed Enterprise Network and Systems Management Paradigms
J.P. Martin-Flatin
EPFL-DI-ICA
1015 Lausanne
Switzerland
Email: martin-flatin_AT_epfl.ch
S. Znaty
Department of Multimedia Networks and Services
ENST-Bretagne
35512 Cesson Sevigne
France
J.P. Hubaux
EPFL-DI-ICA
1015 Lausanne
Switzerland
Abstract
Since the mid 1990s, network and systems management has
steadily evolved from centralized paradigms, where the management
application runs on a single management station, to distributed
paradigms, where it is distributed over many nodes. In this survey,
our goal is to classify all these paradigms, especially the new
ones, in order to help network and systems administrators design
a management application, and choose between mobile code, distributed
objects, intelligent agents, etc. Step by step, we build an enhanced
taxonomy based on four criteria: the delegation granularity, the
semantic richness of the information model, the degree of
specification of a task, and the degree of automation of management.
Keywords: Distributed Network Management, Distributed Systems Management, Integrated Management, Taxonomy, Delegation, Automation of Management
JNSM: Vol. 7, No. 1, 1999
A Survey of Distributed Enterprise Network and Systems Management Paradigms [Vol. 7, No. 1, 1999]
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