Authors:
Rui Pedro Lopes
1
;
Tiago Pedrosa
1
and
Luís Pires
2
Affiliations:
1
Polytechnic Institute of Bragança and University of Aveiro, Portugal
;
2
Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal
Keyword(s):
Network Management, SNMP, File system.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Databases and Information Systems Integration
;
Distributed Database Systems
;
e-Business
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Middleware Integration
;
Middleware Platforms
;
Organisational Issues on Systems Integration
;
Technology Platforms
Abstract:
The intensive operation of constantly growing, heterogeneous networks is a challenging task. Besides the
increase in size and complexity, data networks have become a critical factor for the success of many organizations.
During the last decade, many network management architectures where developed and standardized,
aiming at the definition of an open environment to control and optimize its operation. Many of these architectures
use specific protocols and specialized tools, to allow remote monitoring and configuration of network
equipment and computational platforms.
One of the best well known paradigms of human-computer interaction is the file concept and the associated
file system. Files have been around since early days in the personal computer industry and users are perfectly
comfortable associating the work produced in applications to be stored in medium.
In this paper we propose a file system interface to network management information, allowing users to open,
edit and visualize
network and systems operation information.
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