The Network Management System is not an element of the IFIT measurement model. An IFIT measurement definition identifies the traffic to be measured, the locations where measurement actions occur, and the direction in which the flow is evaluated. The measurement flow specifies the target packets, usually through flow-identification fields. Measurement points define where packets are marked, counted, timestamped, or reported, such as ingress, transit, and egress nodes. Measurement direction distinguishes forward and reverse monitoring so that packet loss, delay, and path behavior can be analyzed correctly for each direction.
An NMS or controller remains operationally important because it creates measurement tasks, distributes configurations, receives telemetry data, correlates the results, and presents fault-location information. However, it is the management and analysis system surrounding the measurement model, not one of the model’s constituent measurement parameters.
Huawei positions IFIT as a high-precision telemetry mechanism used to delimit and locate application-quality faults. The training material highlights IFIT’s capability to locate faults rapidly and detect packet loss with extremely high reliability. Therefore, the component that is not part of the measurement model is the NMS.
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