ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Enterprise Management Systems (EM Systems) are Network Management Systems (NMSs) capable of managing devices, independent of vendors and protocols, in Internet Protocol (IP)-based enterprise networks. Following is an overview of the network and software architecture of typical EM Systems from two perspectives: 1. Network Architecture—This perspective describes the physical network topology of the managers and agents. 2. Software Architecture—This perspective describes the software construction of the manager and agent components. Network Architectures The network architecture describes how the EM Systems is deployed. There are several models that can be employed to organize how the managers are organized. Models can be a single central manager, hierarchical managers, distributed peer managers, etc. Network architecture also includes the management protocols that are used to communicate information about the management resource between the managers and agen
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