Fundamental to network management is the ability to gather information about the status and behavior of the networked configuration, which is the function of network monitoring. Indeed, many NMS (Network Management System) provide only a network monitoring capability. We have already examined the basic architectural and design issues of network monitoring in this week.

For network management, there are five key functional areas as defined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

On the basis of your understanding of the topic, address the following:

List the five Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) management functional areas.

Describe each of the OSI management functional areas.

Discuss the role of these functional areas in a SNMP.