FCAPS checklist

This FCAPS checklist is from Solarwinds. (Chapter 1: FCAPS, Network Management Fundamentals, and Fault Management)

Fault management

• Fault detection
• Fault correction
• Fault isolation
• Network recovery
• Alarm handling
• Alarm filtering
• Alarm generation
• Clear correlation
• Diagnostic test
• Error logging
• Error handling
• Error statistics

Configuration management

• Resource initialization
• Network provisioning
• Auto-discovery
• Backup and restore
• Resource shut down
• Change management
• Pre-provisioning
• Inventory/asset management
• Copy configuration
• Remote configuration
• Automated software distribution
• Job initiation, tracking, and execution

Accounting management

• Track service/resource use
• Cost for services
• Accounting limit
• Usage quotas
• Audits
• Fraud reporting
• Combine costs from multiple resources
• Support for different accounting modes

Performance management

• Utilization and error rates
• Performance data collection
• Consistent performance level
• Performance data analysis
• Problem reporting
• Capacity planning
• Performance report generation
• Maintaining and examining historical logs

Security management

• Selective resource access
• Access logs
• Data privacy
• User access rights checking
• Security audit trail log
• Security alarm/event reporting
• Take care of security breaches and attempts
• Security-related information distributions