Statistical Detection of Enterprise NetworkProblems

  • Authors:
  • Marina Thottan;Chuanyi Ji

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Network and Systems Management
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

The detection of network fault scenarios wasachieved using an appropriate subset of ManagementInformation Base (MIB) variables. Anomalous changes inthe behavior of the MIB variables was detected using a sequential Generalized Likelihood Ratio (GLR)test. This information was then temporally correlatedusing a duration filter to provide node level alarmswhich correlated with observed network faults and performance problems. The algorithm wasimplemented on data obtained from two different networknodes. The algorithm was optimized using five of thenine fault data sets, and it proved general enough to detect three of the remaining four faults.Consistent results were obtained from the second node aswell. Detection of most faults occurred in advance (atleast 5 minutes) of the fault suggesting the possibility of prediction and recovery in thefuture.