Summary

ITU-T Recommendation Q.840.1 covers the management of Ethernet over Transport (EoT) and Metro Ethernet Network (MEN). In this Recommendation, the Element Management System (EMS) is an Operations System (OS) used to manage the individual NEs in a network. One or more systems may be required depending on the different supplier products and geographic distribution of the elements in the network. The goal of these systems is to manage elemental layer (NE view) information specific to the network element. The Network Management System (NMS) represents an integrated management OS across the different network technology and EMSs. An NMS communicates with an EMS through the Q Interface to realize its management functions. The functional requirements for the management interface between EoT/MEN EMS and NMS for the integrated management at the network layer and at the element layer are provided in this Recommendation.