Dhyan Network management System
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Dhyan network management system (DNMS) is carrier grade
network management system
providing generic topology
, fault, configuration, performance, and security (FCAPS
) functions. It provides the major functions for deploying, monitoring, configuring and managing a network.
s whether it is wireless access point
s, or optical switch
es or core router
s.
.
Northbound interfaces are provided to pass information to other network management and service management systems using JMX, CORBA
, SNMP and XML
/HTTP protocols.
Southbound interfaces provide two-way access to network elements using any proprietary protocols required by the customer as well as standard protocols, such as SNMP, TL1, XML, CMIP
, CORBA and Netflow
/IPFIX.
Carrier grade
In telecommunication, a "carrier grade" or "carrier class" refers to a system, or a hardware or software component that is extremely reliable, well tested and proven in its capabilities...
network management system
Network management system
A network management system is a combination of hardware and software used to monitor and administer a computer network.Individual network elements in a network are managed by an element management system.-Tasks and operational details:...
providing generic topology
Topology
Topology is a major area of mathematics concerned with properties that are preserved under continuous deformations of objects, such as deformations that involve stretching, but no tearing or gluing...
, fault, configuration, performance, and security (FCAPS
FCAPS
FCAPS is the ISO Telecommunications Management Network model and framework for network management. FCAPS is an acronym for fault, configuration, accounting, performance, security, the management categories into which the ISO model defines network management tasks...
) functions. It provides the major functions for deploying, monitoring, configuring and managing a network.
Flexibility
Since DNMS is modular, it can be easily customized and extended. DNMS has been deployed to manage different types of networks and network elementNetwork element
A network element is usually defined as a manageable logical entity uniting one or more physical devices. This allows distributed devices to be managed in a unified way using one management system....
s whether it is wireless access point
Wireless access point
In computer networking, a wireless access point is a device that allows wireless devices to connect to a wired network using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or related standards...
s, or optical switch
Optical switch
In telecommunication, an optical switch is a switch that enables signals in optical fibers or integrated optical circuits to be selectively switched from one circuit to another....
es or core router
Core router
A core router is a router designed to operate in the Internet backbone, or core. To fulfill this role, a router must be able to support multiple telecommunications interfaces of the highest speed in use in the core Internet and must be able to forward IP packets at full speed on all of them. It...
s.
Interfaces
DNMS supports a variety of northbound and southbound interfacesNorthbound interface
Northbound and southbound interfaces relate to computer servers.-Definitions:A northbound interface of a component is an interface that conceptualizes the lower level details used by, or in, the component. It is used to interface with higher level layers using the southbound interface of the...
.
Northbound interfaces are provided to pass information to other network management and service management systems using JMX, CORBA
Çorba
Chorba , ciorbă , shurpa , shorpo , or sorpa is one of various kinds of soup or stew found in national cuisines across Middle East...
, SNMP and XML
XML
Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
/HTTP protocols.
Southbound interfaces provide two-way access to network elements using any proprietary protocols required by the customer as well as standard protocols, such as SNMP, TL1, XML, CMIP
Common management information protocol
The Common Management Information Protocol is the OSI specified network management protocol.Defined in . It provides an implementation for the services defined by the Common Management Information Service specified in , allowing communication between network management applications and...
, CORBA and Netflow
Netflow
NetFlow is a network protocol developed by Cisco Systems for collecting IP traffic information. NetFlow has become an industry standard for traffic monitoring and is supported by platforms other than Cisco IOS and NXOS such as Juniper routers, Enterasys Switches, vNetworking in version 5 of...
/IPFIX.