RFC 1857 (rfc1857) - Page 3 of 27
A Model for Common Operational Statistics
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RFC 1857 Operational Statistics October 1995
There exist a variety of network management tools for the collection
and presentation of network management metrics. However, different
kinds of measurement and presentation techniques make it difficult
to compare data among networks. In addition, there is not general
agreement on what metrics should be regularly collected or how they
should be displayed.
There needs to be an agreed-upon model for
1) A minimal set of common network management metrics to satisfy
the goals stated above,
2) Tools for collecting these metrics,
3) A common interchange format to facilitate the usage of these
data by common presentation tools and
4) Common presentation formats.
Under this Operational Statistics model, collection tools will
collect and store data to be retrieved later in a given format by
presentation tools displaying the data in a predefined way. (See
figure below.)
Lambert Informational