On the implementation of a prototype for performance management services

Abstract

This paper presents a prototype for management services which enables the performance monitoring and control of resources in a TCP/IP network. A time reference information model required to accomplish the different needs of performance management functions, is also described. This temporal model can be used not only to provide a diachronic view of the management information, but also to define a set of measures needed to observe the performance of network elements. The performance management application is implemented using a distributed architecture. It provides facilities to dynamically create aggregate managed objects, to collect the management information and to store the collected data in a database. The database schema is designed to follow the proposed time reference information model and also the structure of the MIB. Finally, the architecture of the prototype and the supported facilities are also illustrated in this paper.