Video Systems in an IT Environment, 2nd Edition

CHAPTER 9

Systems Management and Monitoring

CONTENTS

9.0 Introduction

9.1 The FCAPS Model

9.2 Traditional A/V Monitoring Methods

9.2.1 The Challenge

9.3 AV/IT Monitoring Environment

9.3.1 Traditional IT Device and Network Monitoring (Mon 1)

9.3.2 A/V IP Stream Monitors (Mon 2)

9.3.3 File Transfer Progress Monitor (Mon 3)

9.3.4 A/V File and Metadata Inspector (Mon 4)

9.4 Standards for Systems Management

9.4.1 The Management Information Base

9.4.2 The Simple Network Management Protocol

9.4.3 Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM)

9.4.4 Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)

9.5 Service Diagnostics

9.5.1 Configuration Management

9.6 Futures—DCML

9.7 It’s a Wrap—Some Final Words

Reference

9.0 INTRODUCTION

Managing the IT infrastructure is one ...