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WHAT IS FCAPS?
FCAPS is:
Fault Detection
Configuration
Accounting
Performance
Security
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FCAPS – Fault Management
Components:
n Fault Detection: Ability to recognize a error when it occurs
n Notification: Ability to notify when fault occurs.
n Trending: Setting up a series of baselines of normal operation.
n Logging: Keep track of faults for future review
n Response: Either human or automated
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FCAPS – Fault Management
Solutions:
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FCAPS – Fault Management
Nagios - www.nagios.org
Pros:
• Open Source
• Polls actual services for response.
(HTTP, SMTP, etc)
• Flexible Addons for specialized testing
• Good Trending data and Uptime Statistics
Cons:
• Configuration is done via text files.
• Linux only
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FCAPS – Configuration Management
Components:
n Gather: Collect configurations on a scheduled basis.
n Store: Store those configurations for backup purposes
n Track: Monitor and report changes to configurations.
n Automate: Ability to make mass changes with limited user input.
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FCAPS – Configuration Management
Solutions:
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FCAPS – Configuration Management
NetCannery
Pros:
• Graphical Front End
• Troubleshooting tools such as:
IP address analyzer
Finds devices with unsaved changes
• Ability to create custom reports
Cons:
• Graphical Front End requires MacOS
• Sometimes has difficulty logging into older
devices.
• Retail Product, fee based
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FCAPS – Accounting
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FCAPS – Accounting
Components:
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FCAPS – Accounting
n LDAP
• Microsoft Active Directory
• Novell eDirectory
• OpenLDAP
n TACACS
• CiscoACS
n RADIUS
• Steelbelted Radius
• FreeRadius
n Diameter
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FCAPS – Accounting
Password Guidelines
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FCAPS – Accounting
Password Guidelines
n 3vi1hax0r
n 2$3cur34u
n ow&uP@k12
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FCAPS – Accounting
n Enable auditing in Local Security Settings >Audit Policy or use a Group
policy
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FCAPS – Accounting
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FCAPS – Accounting
Pros:
• Free
• Easy to use
• Bare metal restore capable (ASR)
Cons:
• Windows only
• Reliance on legacy technology
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FCAPS – Accounting
Amanda
Pros:
• Freeware
• Clients for most OS
• Easy to setup
Cons:
• Server is Linux only
• CLI intensive
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FCAPS – Performance Management
Components:
n Data Collection – Store performance information for retrieval.
n Visualization – Turn data into images for quick comprehension.
n Trend Analysis – Monitor data over time to recognize patterns.
n Summarization – Consolidate data in larger time blocks.
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FCAPS – Performance Management
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FCAPS – Performance Management
Cacti - http://www.cacti.net/
n Open Source Visualization Tool
n Monitors all types of statistics from SNMP or custom scripts.
n Web Based administration / viewing
n Module support for scripts to handle additional types of monitoring.
n Based on RRDTool.
n Automatically summarizes data as time goes on.
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FCAPS – Performance Management
WireShark - http://www.wireshark.org/
n Forensic Analysis of data on a network.
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FCAPS – Security
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FCAPS – Security
Components:
n Firewalls
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FCAPS – Security
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FCAPS – Security
Physical Security:
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FCAPS – Security
Firewalls:
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FCAPS – Security
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