Treat basic functions of network management:
- inclusion and shutdown of a system, data transmission channels, terminals;
- diagnostics of faults;
- collecting of statistics;
- preparation of reports, etc.
From the point of view of the OSI model network management is subdivided on:
- configuration management (monitoring and control hardware and software);
- management of failures (processing of abnormal messages and system interrupts);
- security management (protection against external and internal network attacks);
- traffic management (distribution of network resources);
- accounting management (identification of trends and resource planning on the future).