Visualizing the Network with NMS
Network management systems (NMS) are applications that allow administrators to manage independent software and hardware components of a network. The key benefit of NMS is to make widely dispersed network assets manageable from a single location.
Network visualization is the practice of creating and displaying graphical representation of the relationships (edges or links) between network devices. NMS delivers not only network visualization, but also information on device status, traffic, failures, and firmware. These functions and features are made possible by LLDP and SNMP.
