Editing Fault management (section)

==Types==
There are two primary ways to perform fault management - these are active and passive.    Passive fault management is done by collecting alarms from devices (normally via [[SNMP]] traps) when something happens in the devices.   In this mode, the fault management system only knows if a device it is monitoring is intelligent enough to generate an error and report it to the management tool.    However, if the device being monitored fails completely or locks up, it won't throw an alarm and the problem will not be detected.   Active fault management addresses this issue by actively monitoring devices via tools such as [[Ping (networking utility)|ping]] to determine if the device is active and responding.    If the device stops responding, active monitoring will throw an alarm showing the device as unavailable and allows for the proactive correction of the problem.

Fault management includes any tools or procedure for testing, diagnosing or repairing the network when a failure occurs.