What is the DFM domain manager?
The DFM domain manager (called DfmServer) is a process running DFM software that monitors network elements, analyzes the causes of failures, and diagnoses the effects of the failures on related elements. The domain manager consists of the following: •DFM analysis model, which describes the elements DFM can manage, the faults managed elements can generate, and the symptoms caused by generated faults. •DFM inventory, an in-memory repository of elements managed by DFM. •DFM adapters, applications that perform special communications functions, such as updating inventory information, forwarding SNMP traps to another network management system (NMS), and receiving and forwarding fault information (a file, an email address, another NMS) to other recipients.
