Multi-management: application-centric approach

The pace of evolution in communications and network management and the need to provide new and emerging services gives rise to a whole range of "multi-management" issues. This paper discusses some problems resulting from the lack of compatibility between embedded application and management models. It discusses the requirement to either upgrade existing management technology or support multiple management models and protocols. Part of the problem may be solved at the embedded software level. This paper presents SNMP Application Framework (SAF), a product specifically tailored to address SNMP-related issues. It shows how to decouple applications from management and support both SNMP and CORBA-based management, and at the same time preserve consistent application design.