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At 12:30 PM 5/24/01 -0400, Wayne Gustavus wrote: I agree, sounds like FCAPS ^ which is often used in discussions of full-blown network managements systems and is described in various standards documents. However, I believe the "P" has traditionally been for Performance vice Provisioning. That is correct, P in FCAPS is for Performance Management. Here is a doc which reviews the FCAPS model along with some perspective of how it fits in with other parts of network management. http://www.itmweb.com/essay516.htm dave > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of > Vinay Bannai > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 2:31 PM > To: Thomas Gainer > Cc: '[email protected]' > Subject: Re: Request for a clue! > > > > Thomas Gainer wrote: > > > I have heard a whisper about a network equipment evaluation > standard called > > FCATS. I have never heard of it (only NEBS) and I can not find any > > information on it. All my searches turn up information on > the Florida > > standardized tests but nothing regarding technology evaluation and > > reporting. Does anyone have a hint I can follow to find > information, like > > maybe what the acronym stands for? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Thomas > > Maybe you are referring to FCAPS. It stands for Fault > Configuration Accounting > Provisioning and Security. This is used to represent the various > functionalities that a network equipment is typically > required to support. > > I personally have not heard of FCATS in reference to network > equipments. > > Vinay > > > >
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