Comprehensive Explanation of Integrated Wiring management system software (1)

This article introduces the Integrated Wiring System Management Software in detail, but you may not be very familiar with this software. This article will give a detailed answer to this software, from the technical architecture to the main functions, I believe that you will have a deeper understanding of the Integrated Wiring management system software after reading this article.

With the continuous improvement of informatization, the performance of network transmission media has been continuously improved, and the functions of network transmission equipment and network management equipment have been constantly expanded. As the basis of network composition: the Integrated Wiring System is becoming more and more huge and complex, which inevitably leads to higher and higher requirements for specialized and standardized management of the Integrated Wiring System.

The traditional manual management method cannot achieve low maintenance cost and high operation efficiency. Therefore, the management of the Integrated Wiring System is also a process of continuous improvement. It is necessary to use software and Integrated Wiring management software to implement a scientific and systematic management of the Integrated Wiring management system and to improve the efficiency of the Integrated Wiring System, the only way to protect investment in integrated wiring systems.

Based on the current understanding of Integrated Wiring System Management software and network management software, electronic distribution frame, and so on, I will explain the differences between Integrated Wiring management software and them.

Differences from network management software

The Integrated Wiring System Management Software is a set of systems that are divided into modules to form a graphical import database for the physical structure of Integrated Wiring. Then, precise, efficient, and changeable maintenance is implemented for these devices, links, information points, and terminal-related persons. For the convenience of detailed analysis, the following takes the LongYuan Xinsheng Integrated Wiring Management System CAMS V3.0, which is widely used in the Chinese market as an example.

Network management software on the market can be divided into the following categories: network Asset Management, network monitoring, log analysis, route tracking, detection tools, and network suites. Of course, it can also be classified as follows: network management system, application performance management, desktop management system, employee behavior management, and security management. Generally, it is unlikely to confuse the Integrated Wiring management software with the Desktop Management System, employee behavior management system, and security management system. Therefore, we will discuss the differences between the CAMS and the network management system.

Network Management System (NMS) mainly monitors, configures, and diagnoses network hardware devices. Main functions include Automatic Topology Discovery, remote configuration, performance parameter monitoring, and fault diagnosis. Network management systems are generally developed by two types of companies. One is a general-purpose software supplier, and the other is a variety of equipment manufacturers.

The NMS system developed by general software vendors is a general network management system for network devices of various vendors. Currently, it is popular with network management systems such as OpenView, Micromuse, and Concord.

Specialized NMS systems designed by various equipment manufacturers for their own products provide comprehensive monitoring and configuration functions for their own products. They can monitor important performance indicators that cannot be monitored by common network management systems, there are also some unique configuration features. However, the devices produced by other companies are basically powerless. Currently, the most popular equipment vendors include CiscoWorks2000, NetSight, domestic Linkmanage, and iManager.

The differences are discussed in the following aspects:

1) Technical Architecture

The Integrated Wiring System Management Software is managed by the Integrated Wiring System, which is based on WINDOWS, UNIX, LIUNX, standalone, B/S, and C/S. As for development tools, of course there are differences. Almost all popular development tools can implement the relevant architecture.

However, it does not mean that different platforms and technologies may lead to different products, because the ultimate management goal is the same. Therefore, we can say that the basic development architecture of Integrated Wiring management software should be an object-oriented development process for integrated wiring systems.

Take the Integrated Wiring System Management Software CAMS as an example: Based on the B/S architecture, object-oriented development and associated databases, it can be based on Oracle databases, or other databases such as SQL SERVER.

The most important part of the network management system is the Network Management Protocol, which defines the communication method between the Network Manager and the managed proxy.

For a long time before the generation of network management protocols, managers should learn various methods to obtain data from different network devices. Because each manufacturer uses a dedicated method to collect data. For devices with the same function, different manufacturers may provide different data collection methods. In this case, the urgency of setting an industry standard is becoming more and more obvious.

First, I started to study network management communication standards. The most famous International Organization for Standardization (ISO) began to standardize Network Management in 1979, mainly for OSI Open System Interconnection) designed for the layer-7 protocol transmission environment.

ISO is a Public Management Information Service (CMIS) and CMIP Public Management Information Protocol ). CMIS supports communication requirements between management processes and management agents. CMIP is an application-layer protocol that provides management information transmission services. The two define the network management standards of the OSI system. Products Based on OSI standards include AT&T's Accumaster and DEC's EMA. HP's OpenView was originally designed according to OSI standards.

Later, the Internet Engineering Task Group IETF decided to use the OSI-based CMIP protocol as the Internet management protocol to manage the Internet with a geometric growth level, and modified it, the modified protocol is called CMOT (Common Management overtcp/ip ). However, due to the delay in introducing CMOT, IETF decided to use the existing SGMP (simple gateway monitoring protocol) as a temporary solution after further modification. The solution developed on the basis of SGMP is the well-known simple SNMP Network Management Protocol), also known as SNMPv1.

SNMPv1 features simplicity, ease of implementation, and low cost. In addition, it has the following features: scalability-SNMP can manage most devices that comply with Internet standards; scalability-it can easily expand management capabilities by defining new "Managed Objects; "robustness" Robust)-even if a serious error occurs on the managed device, the normal operation of the manager is not affected.

In recent years, SNMP has developed rapidly, surpassing the traditional TCP/IP environment, and has received more extensive support, becoming a de facto standard for network management. The most popular SNMP-supported products are IBM's NetView, Cabletron's Spectrum and HP's OpenView. In addition, many other network communication equipment manufacturers, such as Cisco, Crosscomm, Proteon, and Hughes, also provide SNMP-based implementation methods. Compared with the OSI Standard, SNMP is simple and practical.

Like other protocols in the TCP/IP protocol cluster, the initial SNMP does not consider security issues. Therefore, many users and vendors have proposed to modify SNMPv1 and add security modules. As a result, IETF started SNMPv2 Development in 1992. The second version of the plan will be improved in terms of enhanced security and more effective transmission of management information, including the provision of verification, encryption and time synchronization mechanisms, and the ability of the GETBULK operation to retrieve large amounts of data at a time.

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) has become a de facto standard Network Management Protocol. Because SNMP was first proposed by IETF's research team to solve the problem of router management on the Internet, many people think that the reason for SNMP to run on the IP is that the Internet runs the TCP/IP protocol, but in fact, SNMP is designed to be protocol-independent, so it can be used on IP, IPX, AppleTalk, OSI, and other used transport protocols.
SNMP is composed of a series of protocol groups and specifications. It provides a method to collect Network Management Information from devices on the network.

Therefore, in terms of technical architecture, the network management system is based on SNMP, which is totally different from the development environment and development method for the Integrated Wiring System management software.