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- From: ketil@edb.tih.no (Ketil Albertsen,TIH)
- Subject: Re: What is Q3?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.075848.28882W@lumina.edb.tih.no>
- Sender: ketil@edb.tih.no (Ketil Albertsen,TIH)
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- In article <C1ED3n.7yv@hpwin052.uksr.hp.com>, danielh@hpber199.swiss.hp.com
- (Daniel Huber) writes:
-
- >As I know, Q3 is a CCITT standart for network management of
- >telecommunications environments.
- >
- >Is there somwhere more info to find about this topic? Is there an RFC?
- >Is Q3 somehow related to CMIP or CMOT?
-
- I suspect that the Q3 you are referring to is the *reference point* Q3, it
- is not a standard itself, but defined by Q.941 or thereabouts (Q.94?).
- There is also a Q1 and Q2 reference point. There is no connection between
- the Q in Q3 and the Q in Q.941, that is purely coincidal. (The I series
- recommendations define similar R, S and T reference points.)
-
- I do not have Q.941 available right now, but as far as I remember, Q3
- defines the lowest level functionality between a switch and an "MD" (Mediation
- Device, something like a concentrator), on the way to the management system,
- while Q1 is the functionality available at the user level system management.
-
- If you are not accustomed to reading CCITT recommendations, Q.94? is
- NOT the place to start!
-