FCAPS

FCAPS

Abstract

“obvious error, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, and Security”, FCAPS is the key concept used to characterise the overall functionality of an enterprise administration system. The idea of FCAPS stems exactly from ITU.T recommendations that recounts the five distinct kinds of data managed by management schemes

FCAPS

Introduction

FCAPS is a management and supervision solution that follows the International Telecommunications Union. The ITU defined the TMN architecture (Telecommunication Management Network) in 1988.

However this model is oriented to Telecommunication and Network and FCAPS is more than a Network Manager but should be seen as an Information System Supervisor and Manager. Devices supervised by FCAPS ...