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Depending on the size and nature of your business, you may have specific teams or individuals dedicated to all types of network management. Large distributed multinational companies typically have teams dedicated to each type of activity. Certain horizontal lines of business may set up a team for one kind of network management and group the rest into standard functions.

Different Types of Network Management are:

  1. Fault Management
  2. Configuration Management
  3. Accounting and Utilization Management
  4. Performance Management
  5. Security Management

1. Network Fault Management: 

A dedicated network fault management team can be appointed to predict, detect and resolve network faults to minimize downtime. In addition to troubleshooting, this function is responsible for logging error information, maintaining records, performing analysis, and assisting with regular audits. There should be clear channels for network fault management teams to report to network administrators. We will also work closely with end-her users if this bug is reported.

2. Network Configuration Management:

Network configuration is an essential aspect of performance. These configurations are expected to change dynamically to accommodate large enterprises’ data and traffic demands. An example of a network configuration management task is an IT professional remotely changing connection settings to improve performance. Because network configuration management relies heavily on automation, teams can eliminate the need to manually examine configuration requirements and instead deploy changes automatically. As with fault management, the network configuration management team should keep detailed records of all changes, consequences, and problems that arise.

3. Network Accounting and Utilization Management:

As network requirements evolve, employees consume more network resources, increasing business costs. The Network Accounting Management Team monitors usage across departments, business functions, office locations, online products, and individual users to spot anomalies and track usage trends. Network accounting management is directly tied to some businesses’ profitability, primarily digital service providers. For example, an e-commerce business may need to track network utilization and compare it to peak and trough profitability. In large enterprises, network accounting management is a shared services organization that leases network resources to branches and subsidiaries to maintain internal profit margins.

4. Network Performance Management:

This is one of the most central aspects of network management. Network performance management includes a variety of tasks that help improve network uptime, service availability, and concurrent bandwidth speeds. Again, automation plays a significant role here. A single dashboard connects various network components that monitor performance KPIs and triggers alerts when thresholds are violated. For example, a network performance management team may need to map 24/7 network response times to avoid impacting the end-user experience. In the event of an anomaly, the Network Performance Management team works closely with the network fault management team to resolve the issue.

5. Network Security Management:

As most business processes move online, Security Network Management is critical to resilience, risk management, and success. For example, 68% of organizations surveyed by Telia Carrier in 2020 faced a distributed denial of service (DDoS) Attack in the past year. In a DDOS attack, multiple connected online devices target a company’s website that sends spoofed traffic to block legitimate traffic. Network security management involves protecting systems from these and other problems. Corporate networks also generate regular log streams analyzed by network Security Management teams to find threat fingerprints.

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