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Systems and Network Management

With over a decade of experience in working with large scale systems and networks, Connet has the experience to configure, monitor and manage your computer systems and networks. We have extensive experience with Microsoft Windows, many versions of Linux and the BSD flavors -- FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD. We also have experience with application software layered on top with databases such as Oracle and SQL, network management platforms such as OpenView and Netcool as well as software we've written to meet specific companies needs. We understand the problems that come from deployment of many systems and what is required to keep them up and running and doing so securely. Let us help you avoid the pitfalls associated with developing these systems yourselves and use our experience to your advantage.

Network and systems management are those functions required to manage the communication networks and the connected communications equipment. Systems management includes managing remote equipment. These are functions a system administrator uses in managing the distributed computing infrastructure and connected equipment. The development of these functions is taking place both within and outside of the energy community.

In the future, the problem of network and systems management will become increasingly complex as a variety of systems are anticipated as well as greater demands on the capabilities of these systems to assist system administrators. Traditional SCADA systems will no longer have exclusive control over the communications to the field. There are several types of systems and network management functions:

Numbers and times of all stops and starts of systems, controllers, and applications

Status of each application and/or software module: stopped, suspended, running, not responding, inadequate or inconsistent input, errors in outputs, error state, etc.

Status of all network connections, including numbers and times of temporary and permanent failures

Status of any ‘keep-alive’ heartbeats, including any missed heartbeats

Status of backup or failover mechanisms, such as numbers and times these mechanisms were unavailable

Status of data reporting: normal, not able to keep up with requests, missing data, etc.

  Status of access: numbers, times, and types of unauthorized attempts to access data or issue controls