JP2000020568A - System constructing mechanism, system constructing method using the same, and recording medium having recorded its control program thereon - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system constructing mechanism by which a system being optimal to a user is automatically constructed and proposed and its constructing time is drastically reduced. SOLUTION: An extracting function 31 extracts the configuration element such as a server main body, a memory and a disk which corresponds to previously set system specifications 1, and the delivery date from an order/stock management system 6, a configuration library 7 and parts data 8 and prepares an extraction table. A judging function 32 picks up the configuration element to be applied to a user condition 2 from the extraction table which is extracted by the extracting function 31 and decides the configuration element for constituting the system. An output mechanism 33 prepares a system data table 4 where the specifications and capacitance of a CPU/memory/disk and the delivery date are listed from a judgement result table which is judged by the judging function 32, outputs it and also outputs the extraction table as a parts table 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system construction mechanism, a system construction method used therefor, and a recording medium on which a control program is recorded. On how to do it.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Open / downsizing has become established in the computer market, and servers using workstations and personal computers have been widely used from a single system for development to a large-scale backbone system.

[0003] With the expansion of the application range and the number of servers, the importance of promptly providing systems that meet various user requirements is increasing. In this case, as individual user requirements, there are various restrictions such as delivery schedule priority, budget priority, accommodation in a designated installation place, and the like, and a system satisfying these requirements is constructed and provided.

Conventionally, as a method of constructing the above system, a sales person or SE (System Eng.)
Iner) identifies necessary components based on system specifications and user requirements, and checks whether the user requirements are satisfied while manually accumulating the components in the system.

[0005]

In the conventional system construction method described above, necessary components are manually extracted based on system specifications and user requirements, and it is confirmed whether the requirements are satisfied while the components are accumulated in the system. So
It takes a lot of time to derive an optimal solution for one system, and it is difficult to propose a system to more users with limited personnel.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, to automatically construct and propose an optimum system for a user, and to greatly reduce the time required for the system. An object of the present invention is to provide a construction mechanism, a system construction method used therefor, and a recording medium recording a control program therefor.

[0007]

A system construction mechanism according to the present invention is a system construction mechanism for constructing an information processing system on the basis of component information. Extracting means for extracting component information corresponding to a system specification that is set and indicates a configuration condition of the information processing system, and a component that matches a user requirement indicating a preset condition from the component information extracted by the extracting means The information processing system includes: a determination unit that determines information; and an output unit that outputs the content determined by the determination unit as a specification table indicating at least performance of the information processing system and a configuration table indicating a parts list.

[0008] A system construction method according to the present invention is a system construction method for constructing an information processing system based on component information, wherein a condition set in advance by a storage means for storing the component information and a configuration condition of the information processing system is set. Extracting the component information corresponding to the system specifications shown; and determining the component information that matches the user requirement indicating a preset condition from the extracted component information. Outputting at least a specification table indicating performance and a configuration table indicating a parts list.

A recording medium on which a system construction control program according to the present invention is recorded is a recording medium on which a system construction control program for causing a computer to construct an information processing system based on component information is recorded. The program causes the computer to extract part information corresponding to a system specification that is set in advance from a storage unit that stores the part information and that indicates a configuration condition of the information processing system, and is set in advance from the extracted part information. Part information that matches user requirements indicating conditions is determined, and the determined contents are output as a specification table indicating at least the performance of the information processing system and a configuration table indicating a parts list.

That is, the system construction mechanism of the present invention comprises:
An extraction function that extracts components corresponding to system specifications and their specifications from all products, a determination function that determines a component and a system configuration that meet user requirements from the extracted multiple components, And an output function for outputting the determination result as a system specification and a configuration table.

[0011] Thus, the conventional system construction method of manually accumulating from user requirements and system specifications,
This makes it possible to automatically derive an optimal solution, that is, to automatically construct and propose an optimal system for the user, thereby greatly reducing the construction time.

[0012]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a system construction mechanism according to one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a system construction mechanism 3 includes an extraction function 31, a determination function 32, an output function 33, a configuration library storage device (hereinafter, referred to as a configuration library) 7, and a component specification storage device (hereinafter, component specification). 8) and a control memory 9 and a data input interface (not shown) for performing input / output with the order / stock management system 6.

A predetermined system specification 1 and user requirements 2 are input to the system construction mechanism 3, and a system specification table 4 and a configuration table 5 are output from the system construction mechanism 3 as processing results by the above-described functions. Is done.

The control memory 9 has a system construction mechanism 3
A program for each of the extraction function 31, the determination function 32, and the output function 33 to perform processing.
(Read only memory), floppy disk, etc. can be used.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the system construction mechanism 3 of FIG. 1, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are views showing an example of system construction by the system construction mechanism 3 of FIG. A system construction operation by the system construction mechanism 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG.
The processing operations shown in (1) and (2) are realized by the operation of each unit of the system construction mechanism 3 on the program stored in the control memory 9. Further, the examples shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 show a system construction in a case where the user requirement 2 gives priority to the delivery date over the cost.

The extraction function 31 of the system construction mechanism 3 sends components (system configuration and necessary parts information) such as a server main body, a memory, and a disk corresponding to the system specifications 1 set in advance to the ordering / inventory management system 6. It is extracted from the configuration library 7 and the component data 8 (step S in FIG. 2).
1) Create the extraction table 310 to which the delivery date is added.

That is, the extraction function 31 first reads the library table 71 from the configuration library 7 and
Operate the system configuration and maximum number / capacity for 1
In steps 1, 312, 318, and 319, confirmation is made, and the corresponding “item numbers” 1 and 2 server bodies are selected.

In the above system specification 1, "specification" and "capacity" are specified in advance. For example, "180 MHz or more" is specified as "specification" of the CPU, "1 CPU or more" is specified as "capacity", and Of "32M"
B (megabyte) or more "and" 20 GB (gigabyte) or more "as the" capacity "of the disk.

The library table 7 of the configuration library 7
1 is “item number”, “division”, “form”, “product name”, and “C”
The number of PUs (standard and maximum), the memory capacity (standard and maximum), and the I / O (input / output device) (standard and expansion number).

In the library table 71, for example, “server body” as “division” corresponding to “item number” 1,
"Standalone, rack mount" as "Form"
, "S1" as the "product name", standard "1" as the "number of CPUs (standard and maximum)", "8" at the maximum, "0" as the "memory capacity (standard and the maximum)", "maximum" “2 GB” is a standard “SCSI (Small Compu) as“ I / O (input / output device) (standard and expansion number) ”.
ter System Interface), 10B
case-T "and the number of extensions" 8 "are stored.

Also, corresponding to "item number" 2, "server body" as "division", "stand-alone, rack mount" as "form", and "S2" as "product name".
The standard "1" and the maximum "8" as "the number of CPUs (standard and maximum)", the standard "0" and the maximum "2GB" as the "memory capacity (standard and maximum)" and the "I / O"
(Input / output device) (standard and number of expansions) "
SI (Small Computer System)
Interface, 10Base-T, and the number of extensions “8” are stored.

Next, the extraction function 31 reads out the component specification table 81 from the component specification 8, and writes the specifications and capacity of the CPU (central processing unit) and the memory of the system specification 1 and the disk to the component specification table 81. Are confirmed in operations 314, 315, and 316, and the corresponding “item numbers” 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7 are selected and registered in the extraction table 310.

The parts specification table 81 of the parts specification 8 includes "item number", "division", "product name", "CPU (MHz)",
"(Memory) capacity (MB)", "(disk) capacity (G
B) "and" price (thousand yen) ".

In the part specification table 81, for example,
In "item number" 1, "server body" is used as a "division", "S1" is used as a "product name", "180" is used as a "CPU (MHz)", and "4000" is used as a "price (thousand yen)". Are stored respectively.

In the “item number” 2, “server main body” as “category”, “S2” as “product name”, and “CPU (MH)
"z)" is stored, and "5000" is stored as "price (thousand yen)".

The “item number” 3 has “memory” as a “division”.
However, “M1” is stored as “product name”, “32” is stored as “(memory) capacity (MB)”, and “300” is stored as “price (thousand yen)”.

The "item number" 4 has "memory" as a "section".
However, “M2” is stored as “product name”, “64” is stored as “(memory) capacity (MB)”, and “600” is stored as “price (thousand yen)”.

In the "item number" 5, "disk unit" is used as the "category", "D1" is used as the "product name", "6" is used as the "(disk) capacity (GB)", and "price (thousand yen)". ) "
"1000" is stored.

In the "item number" 6, "disk unit" is used as the "category", "D2" is used as the "product name", "12" is used as the "(disk) capacity (GB)", and "price (thousand yen)". )) Are stored respectively.

In the "item number" 7, "disk unit" is used as the "category", "D3" is used as the "product name", "27" is used as the "(disk) capacity (GB)", and "price (thousand yen)". )) Are stored respectively.

At the same time, the extraction function 31 reads the delivery table 61 from the order / inventory management system 6 and extracts the delivery dates corresponding to the “item numbers” 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7 described in the delivery table 61. 310, and outputs the extraction table 310 to the determination function 32.

The delivery table 61 of the order / stock management system 6 includes "item number", "product name", and "shortest delivery date". In this delivery table 61, for example, "item number"
In “1”, “S1” is stored as the “product name”, and “1998/4/10” is stored as the “shortest delivery date”.
2 stores “S2” as “product name” and “1998/4/10” as “shortest delivery date”.

In the "item number" 3, "M1" is used as the "product name", and "March 1, 1998" is used as the "shortest delivery date".
"M2" as the "product name" and "May 1, 1998" as the "shortest delivery date" in the "item number" 4, respectively.
"0" are stored respectively.

Further, in the “item number” 5, “D1” is set as the “product name”, and “May 1, 1998” is set as the “shortest delivery date”.
5 is stored, and “D2” is stored as the “product name” in “item number” 6 and “1998/4/1” as the “shortest delivery date”.
"0" is stored, and "D3" is stored in "item number" 7 as "product name" and "1998/4/1 as shortest delivery date".
"0" are stored respectively.

Therefore, the extraction function 31 generates an extraction table 310 from information corresponding to “item numbers” 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7 corresponding to the system specification 1. In this case, extraction table 3
Reference numeral 10 includes “item number”, “section”, “product name”, “specifications”, “shortest delivery date”, and “price (thousand yen)”.

In the example shown in FIG. 3, “item number” 1 includes “server body” as “category” and “S” as “product name”.
"1", "180 (MHz)" as "specification", "1998/4/10" as "shortest delivery date", and "4000" as "price (thousand yen)".

In “item number” 2, “server body” as “category”, “S2” as “product name”, “200 (MHz)” as “specification”, and “19” as “shortest delivery date”
98/4/10 ”becomes“ 500 (thousand yen) ”as“ 500
"0" is described respectively.

The "item number" 3 has "memory" as the "section".
But "M1" as "product name" and "3" as "specification"
2 (MB) ”as“ Shortest delivery date ”
/ 15 "and" 300 "as" price (thousand yen) "respectively.

The "item number" 4 has "memory" as a "section".
But "M2" as "product name" and "6" as "specification"
4 (MB) ”as the“ Shortest delivery date ”
/ 10 "and" 600 "as" price (thousand yen) ", respectively.

In the “item number” 7, “disk device” is set as the “category”, “D3” is set as the “product name”, “27 (GB)” is set as the “specification”, and “199” is set as the “shortest delivery date”.
8/4/10 ”becomes“ 250 ”as“ price (thousand yen) ”.
"0" is described respectively.

The determination function 32 extracts components corresponding to the user requirement 2 from the extraction table 310 extracted by the extraction function 31 (step S2 in FIG. 2), and determines components that can constitute the system.

That is, in the above example, the determination function 32 reads the delivery date from the user requirement 2 and determines a component that cannot be delivered unless the delivery date is later than “item number” 4 in the extraction table 310. A judgment result table 320 is created which is a list of components (components of “item number” 1, 2, 3, 7) excluding “item number” 4. Thereafter, the determination function 32 outputs the determination result table 320 to the output mechanism 33.

The output mechanism 33 creates and outputs a system specification table 4 listing CPU / memory / disk specifications, capacities, and delivery dates from the determination result table 320 determined by the determination function 32, and outputs the same. The extraction table 310 is output as the parts table 5 (step S3 in FIG. 2).

That is, in the case of the above example, the system specifications table 4 shows the "specifications" (180, 200 MHz) of the CPU.
And “capacity” (1 CPU) and “capacity” of memory (32M
B), "Capacity" of disk (27GB), "Delivery date"
(1998/4/15) is output.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another example of system construction by the system construction mechanism 3 of FIG. The figure shows the system construction operation when the delivery term and the price limit are specified in the user requirement 2.

The processing by the extraction function 31 is similar to the above-mentioned processing operation, and extracts the components such as the server main body, the memory, the disk, etc. and the delivery date which correspond to the system specifications 1 set in advance, and extracts the extraction table 310. Create and judge it 3
Output to 2.

The judging function 32 reads the delivery date (from April 20, 1998) and the price limit (8000,000 yen or less) from the user requirement 2, and extracts the components that cannot be delivered without this delivery date in the extraction table 310. It is determined that “item number” 4 is selected from among them, and it is further determined that the adoption of “item number” 2 from the sum of the components does not satisfy the price limit.
A determination result table 320 is created, which is a list of items excluding “item numbers” 2 and 4 (components of “item numbers” 1, 3, and 7).

The output mechanism 33 determines that the CP
The system specification table 4 listing the specifications and capacities of U / memory / disk, and the delivery date and price is created and output, and similarly, the extraction table 310 is output as the parts table 5.

That is, in the case of the above example, the system specifications table 4 shows the "specifications" (180, 200 MHz) of the CPU.
And “capacity” (1 CPU) and “capacity” of memory (32M
B), "Capacity" of disk (27GB), "Delivery date"
(1998/4/15) and “cost” (6800 thousand yen) are output.

As described above, the extraction function 31 determines the components such as the server main body, the memory, the disk, etc. and the delivery date corresponding to the preset system specification 1 and the order / inventory management system 6, the configuration library 7, and the component specifications. 8, an extraction table 310 is created, and the determination function 32 extracts components corresponding to the user requirement 2 from the extraction table 310 extracted by the extraction function 31 to determine components that can configure the system, and outputs The mechanism 33 creates and outputs a system specification table 4 listing CPU / memory / disk specifications, capacities, and delivery dates from the determination result table 320 determined by the determination function 32, and outputs the extraction table 310 as a component. By outputting as Table 5, automatically derive the optimal solution for the system construction that is manually built up from the conventional user requirements 2 and system specifications 1. Can, that can be automatically proposed to build an optimal system for the user, it is possible to greatly reduce the construction time.

[0051]

As described above, according to the present invention, in the system construction mechanism for constructing the information processing system based on the component information, the configuration condition of the information processing system which is preset from the storage means for storing the component information Extract the component information corresponding to the system specification indicating, and determine the component information that matches the user requirement indicating the preset condition from the extracted component information, and determine the determined content at least the performance of the information processing system. By outputting as a specification table and a configuration table showing a parts list, an optimal system can be automatically constructed and proposed to the user, and the construction time can be greatly reduced. There is.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a system construction mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing operation of the system construction mechanism of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of system construction by the system construction mechanism of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of system construction by the system construction mechanism of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another example of system construction by the system construction mechanism of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 System specification 2 User requirements 3 System construction mechanism 4 System specification table 5 Configuration table 6 Order / inventory management system 7 Configuration library storage device 8 Parts specification storage device 9 Control memory 31 Extraction function 32 Judgment function 33 Output function

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A system construction mechanism for constructing an information processing system based on component information, comprising: a storage unit for storing the component information; and a storage condition preset from the storage unit and indicating a configuration condition of the information processing system. Extracting means for extracting component information corresponding to the system specifications; determining means for determining, from the component information extracted by the extracting means, component information that matches a user requirement indicating a preset condition; Output means for outputting the determined contents as a specification table showing at least performance of the information processing system and a configuration table showing a parts list. 2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising means for connecting to an order / inventory management system for managing a delivery date of a part corresponding to said part information, wherein said extracting means determines a delivery date of each part information corresponding to said system specification by said order / 2. The system construction mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the system construction is extracted from the contents stored in the inventory management system. 3. The storage unit stores, as the component information, specification information indicating at least performance of a component corresponding to the component information, and configuration information indicating a system configuration example of the information processing system set in advance. 3. The system construction mechanism according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit for storing. 4. A system construction method for constructing an information processing system based on component information, wherein the system specification is set in advance from a storage unit for storing the component information and corresponds to a system specification indicating a configuration condition of the information processing system. Extracting component information, determining component information that meets user requirements indicating preset conditions from the extracted component information, and converting the determined content into specifications indicating at least performance of the information processing system. Outputting the table as a configuration table showing a table and a parts list. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of extracting the part information includes the step of extracting the delivery date of each part information corresponding to the system specification from the contents stored in an order / inventory management system that manages the delivery date of the part corresponding to the part information. 5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising the step of extracting 6. The storage means includes: specification information indicating at least performance of a component corresponding to the component information;
6. The system construction method according to claim 4, wherein configuration information indicating a system configuration example of the information processing system set in advance is stored. 7. A recording medium storing a system construction control program for causing a computer to construct an information processing system based on component information, wherein the system construction control program stores the component information in the computer. Part information corresponding to a system specification that is set in advance and indicates a configuration condition of the information processing system is extracted from storage means, and component information that matches a user requirement indicating a preset condition is determined from the extracted part information. Let
A storage medium storing a system construction control program, wherein the determined contents are output as a specification table showing at least performance of the information processing system and a configuration table showing a parts list. 8. The system construction control program, when causing the computer to extract the part information, from the contents stored in an order / inventory management system that manages a delivery date of a part corresponding to the part information. 8. The recording medium according to claim 7, wherein a delivery date of each component information corresponding to the specification is extracted.