From: "Hannigan, Martin" <hannigan@verisign.com> Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 23:54:39 -0500

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Does the FCAPS model still hold currency among network managers/engineers today?

What's FCAPS?

FCAPS is the (supposedly) ISO model for network management (See wiki def at http://www.free-definition.com/FCAPS.html). It is an acronym for Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, and Security... Other misc definitions: http://www.nwfusion.com/details/6184.html http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci752173,00.html http://www.iec.org/online/tutorials/ems/topic03.html However, Forrester Research seems to think that FCAPS is obsolete (at a cost of $99 to read other than the first sentence) unless you are a registered Forrester client (I am not). http://www.forrester.com/Research/LegacyIT/Excerpt/0,7208,29439,00.html Other references do not deem it dead just yet. Regards, Gregory Hicks

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