X.500 Directory and OSI management

With the growth of interconnected network size and complexity, diverse requirements have risen for constructing a powerful information service. The concepts of management information base and directory information base are reviewed, and their similarities and differences are analyzed. It is shown that applying X.500 Directory to OSI management presents some interesting benefits. Several X.500 object classes are then proposed to represent management information in the directory. A model of information exchange is addressed briefly. It is suggested that a worldwide information sharing service for management applications can be achieved with the approach described