State Model Diagrams - A Universal Runtime Network Management Tool
Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Canadian Center of Science and Education
Faculty
Faculty of Computing, Health and Science
School
School of Computer and Security Science
RAS ID
10201
Abstract
Modern networks are complex systems made up of diverse devices such as routers, wireless access points, and firewalls running many interacting protocols. Networks can be managed by a range of command-line interface (CLI) tools and/or Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs). While CLI tools are often preferred by network administrators, they do have some inherent disadvantages. Text based CLI outputs can be verbose. Furthermore the commands are sequential and it is therefore more difficult to navigate between different devices and protocols. GUIs assist but it can be problematic to concurrently display runtime data from multiple sources. In response to these problems State Model Diagrams (SMDs) were developed and implemented as a run-time network management tool.
DOI
10.5539/mas.v4n12p26
Access Rights
free_to_read
Comments
Maj, S. P., Makasiranondh, W. , & Veal, D. R. (2010). State Model Diagrams - A Universal Runtime Network Management Tool. Modern Applied Science, 4(12), 26-35. Available here