JPH0644169A - Network managing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Object] To provide a network management device capable of reducing the amount of network configuration information retained. [Structure] A graphic type configuration information holding unit 5 which holds the configuration of a managed device forming a network as graphic information, a text type configuration information holding unit 9 which holds as a text information, and a graphic type configuration information holding unit 5. In a network management device for integrally managing a network, which includes editing means for extracting corresponding graphic type configuration information and text type configuration information from the text type configuration information holding unit 9 and displaying them in combination, the graphic type configuration information holding means is , The graphics-type configuration information of the devices to be managed which have the same configuration is unified and only the common graphics-type configuration information is held.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a network management device for centrally managing a network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A network in which one or a plurality of types of devices are installed in a plurality of locations and which are connected to each other to exchange data between the devices is generally managed by a network management device.

The main function of this network management device is to monitor several tens to several tens of managed devices and to detect and notify if there is a failure or the like in any one of them. The configuration of the managed device is displayed on the screen so that the operator can visually manage it.

That is, configuration information such as an installation location name, its device name, and comment items is input as text information and stored. On the other hand, the visual configuration information such as the external structure of the managed device and the mutual connection method is input as graphic information using a computer graphic device and stored. This operation is repeated for the number of managed devices, and the configuration information for the number of managed devices is created and held.

[0005]

However, according to the conventional network management apparatus, the text is managed for each management target apparatus even though the management target apparatus including the same configuration apparatus exists in the network. Since the configuration information composed of information and graphic information is created and held, there is a problem that the amount of holding becomes enormous. In particular,
Since the graphic information has a large amount of information, a large capacity is required.

The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a network management device capable of reducing the amount of configuration information held.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a network for centrally managing a network in which managed devices each including one or more types of devices are installed at a plurality of locations. In the management device, the graphic information such as the pattern of the device constituting the management target device is held as the graphic configuration information, and only one graphic configuration information of the management target devices having the same configuration is common graphics. Graphic type configuration information holding means for holding as type configuration information, text type configuration information holding means for holding character information such as the name of the device constituting each management target device as text type configuration information, and responding to the output command. From the graphic type configuration information holding means and the text type configuration information holding means. Combined extracts click type configuration information and text-type configuration information, characterized by comprising, an editing means for displaying on the display device.

[0008]

According to the above-mentioned configuration, among the configuration information of the management target devices, only one graphic configuration information of the management target devices having the same configuration is used as the common graphic type configuration information. Hold on.
Further, the text type configuration information for each managed device is held in the text type configuration information holding means.

In this way, from the held graphic type configuration information and text type configuration information information, the common graphic type configuration information including the management target device responding by the output command and the text type configuration information of the management target device responding are edited. Extracted by the processing unit and displayed in combination.

In this way, the configuration information of the managed devices forming the network is monitored.

[0011]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, in this embodiment, a graphic type configuration information input unit 1 is provided in a network management device.
Common graphic type configuration information processing section 3, graphic type configuration information holding section 5, and text type configuration information input section 7
A text type configuration information holding unit 9 and an edit processing unit 11
And a display unit 13.

The graphic type configuration information input unit 1 is composed of an input device such as a computer graphic device and a keyboard, and extracts, edits and manages graphic information such as an external structure of each device which is held in advance in the computer graphic device. The external structure of each target device and the mutual connection method are input as graphic information.
In addition, when the graphic information such as the individual appearance structure is not held, the graphic information is created by a computer graphic device and an input device such as a keyboard,
Edit and enter graphic information for each managed device.

The common graphic type configuration information processing unit 3 is
The graphic information input from the graphic type configuration information input unit 1 and the graphic information held in the graphic type configuration information holding unit 5 are compared, and if they have different configurations, they are held in the graphic type configuration information holding unit 5. ,
The holding address is stored in the edit processing unit 11. In the case of the same configuration, it is not held in the graphic type configuration information holding unit 5,
The edit processing unit 11 is made to store the holding address of the graphic information which is already held and has the same structure. That is, only one piece of graphic information having the same structure is held as common graphic information in the graphic type structure information holding unit 5,
The holding address is stored in the edit processing unit 11.

The graphic type configuration information holding section 5 holds the graphic information determined to be held by the common graphic information processing section 3 by using a storage device such as a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

The text type configuration information input unit 7 is composed of an input device such as a keyboard, and is provided with text information such as an installation place name, a device name, a comment item, etc. for each managed device.
In the graphic information, information that cannot be represented is input as text information.

The text type configuration information holding section 9 holds the text information input from the text type configuration information input section using a storage device such as a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

The edit processing unit 11 stores the address where the graphic information is held and the address where the text information is held as a pair for each managed device. Further, when an output command of a certain managed device is issued, the graphic type configuration information holding unit 5 and the text type configuration information holding unit 9 use the holding address in which the graphic information and text information of the managed target device are stored. Take them out and combine them on the same screen.

The display unit 13 is composed of a display device such as a CRT and displays the graphic information and text information combined by the editing unit.

Next, the operation of this embodiment at the time of input will be described with reference to FIGS.
Will be described with reference to.

Now, it is assumed that there is a network as shown in FIG.

This network comprises a management target device 21, a management target device 23, a management target device 25, and a network management device 27 for centrally managing these three management target devices.

The management target device 21 and the management target device 23 are composed of devices having the same structure. The modem 31, the communication control device 3
3, A device 35, and B device 37.

The managed device 25 is composed of a modem 31, a communication control device 33, a C device 39, a D device 41, and an E device 43.

In order to input the configuration information of these managed devices 21, 23, 25 in this order, first, the operator uses the stored information such as the external structure of each device previously stored in the network management device 27. To managed device 21
To the management target device 21.
Is input from the graphic type configuration information input unit 1 (step ST1).

The common graphic information processing unit 3 searches for whether the same graphic information as the input graphic information is held in the graphic type configuration information holding unit 5 (step ST3). Graphic type configuration information holding unit 5
In the first place, since nothing is initially held, there is no identical graphic information (step ST3, NO), and the input graphic information is the graphic type configuration information holding unit 5.
(Step ST5), and the held address is stored in the edit processing section 11 (step ST7).

Further, the operator inputs the text information such as the installation place name of the management target device 21, the device name, the comment items, etc. through the text type configuration information input unit 7 (step ST9). The input text information is held in the text type configuration information holding unit 9 (step 11), and the held address is stored in the editing processing unit 11 as a pair with the held address of the graphic information (step ST13).

Next, the operator inputs the graphic information of the managed device 23 from the graphic type configuration information input section 1 (step ST1) and checks whether the same type is held in the graphic type configuration information holding section 5. The common graphic type configuration information processing unit 3 searches. Since the managed device 23 has the same configuration as the managed device 21 and its graphic information is already held (step ST3, YES), the graphic information of the managed device 23 is not held and the graphic of the managed device 21 is not held. A group having information as common graphic information is created, and the holding address of the graphic information of the managed device 21 is stored in the edit processing unit 11 (step ST7).

The text information such as the installation place name of the managed device 23, the device name, and the comment items are input and held in the same manner as the managed device 21, and the holding address is stored in the edit processing section 11 as the graphic information holding address. It is remembered as a pair.

Next, the operator inputs the graphic information of the managed device 25 from the graphic type configuration information input section 1 to check whether the same type is held in the graphic type configuration information holding section 5 or not. The processing unit 3 searches. Since this graphic information is not yet held, the graphic information and the text information are input and held in the same manner as in the case of the managed device 21, and the holding addresses are stored in the edit processing unit 11 as a pair.

When inputting graphic information,
First, even if only the device name that constitutes the managed device is input, the graphic information corresponding to the configuration of the device is sequentially displayed on the display device, and the graphic information is input only when there is no identical configuration among them. good.

Next, the operation at the time of output will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

In order to output the configuration information of the managed device 21 while the network configuration information of FIG. 2 is held in advance, the operator first issues an output command of the managed device 21 (step ST15).

According to this output command, the edit processing unit 11 retrieves the holding address of the graphic information and text information of the managed device 21 (step ST17). Graphic information and text information are retrieved from the retrieved holding address from the graphic type configuration information holding section 5 and the text type configuration state holding section 9 (steps ST19 and ST21).

The extracted graphic information and text information are combined on the same screen (step ST2).
3), as shown in FIG. 5 on the display device of the display unit 13 (step ST25). Device configuration and connection method are displayed as the graphic information of FIG. 5, and installation site name, device name, revision number, and text information are displayed.
Comment items are displayed.

Next, in order to output the configuration information of the managed device 23, the operator first issues an output command of the managed device 23 (step ST15).

According to this output command, the edit processing section 11 retrieves the holding address of the graphic information and text information of the managed device 23 (step ST17). At this time, the holding address of the graphic information of the managed device 23 is the holding address of the graphic information of the managed device 21, which is common graphic information, because the managed device 23 and the managed device 21 are devices having the same configuration. . The graphic information and the text information are extracted from this holding address from the graphic type configuration information holding section 5 and the text type configuration information holding section 9 (steps ST19 and ST21).

The extracted graphic information and text information are combined on the same screen (step ST2).
3) is displayed on the display device of the display unit 13 (step ST25). At this time, the displayed screen is as shown in FIG.
Only the text information on the screen will be replaced.

Next, in order to output the configuration information of the managed device 25, an output command from the operator acts in the same manner as in the managed device 21, and the graphic information and the text information are combined and displayed on the display unit 13. Is displayed on the display device.

In this way, the operator can monitor the configuration information of the managed devices forming the network by the network management device.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the management target device 21 and the management target device 23 are composed of devices having the same configuration, only the graphic information of the management target device 21 is used as the common graphic information and the graphic type configuration information holding unit is used. 5
I am trying to hold it. Therefore, the amount of retained graphic information is reduced, and the amount of retrieved graphic information is reduced, so that the retrieval efficiency is improved.

Further, the management target device 21 and the management target device 2
When the graphic information is changed by increasing or decreasing the number of the same devices in 3, it is only necessary to change the graphic information of the managed device 21, which is the common graphic information. Therefore, the changing work is facilitated and the work load on the operator is reduced.

[0043]

As described above, according to the present invention, only one piece of graphic type configuration information of a managed device having the same configuration is held in the graphic type configuration information holding means as common graphic type configuration information. By doing so, the holding amount of the graphic type configuration information is reduced, and the search amount of the graphic type configuration information is also reduced, so that the search efficiency is improved. Further, in the case of a managed device composed of devices having the same configuration, when changing the graphic information due to increase or decrease of the same device, it is only necessary to change the common graphic type configuration information, and therefore the change operation becomes easy.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a network management device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a network.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure at the time of input in the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure in output holding of the embodiment shown in FIG.

5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a display screen of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Graphic type configuration information input section 3 Common graphic type configuration information processing section 5 Graphic type configuration information holding section 7 Text type configuration information input section 9 Text type configuration information holding section 11 Editing processing section 13 Display section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A network management device for centrally managing a network comprising management target devices each comprising one or a plurality of types of devices installed at a plurality of locations, wherein one or a plurality of devices constituting the management target device are provided. The graphic type configuration information holding means holds graphic information such as a picture as graphic type configuration information, and holds only one piece of graphic type configuration information of a device to be managed which has the same configuration as common graphic type configuration information. And a text type configuration information holding means for holding character information such as a name of a device constituting each of the managed devices as text type configuration information, and the graphic type configuration information holding means and the text type configuration in response to an output command. From the information storage means, the corresponding graphic type configuration information and text type configuration information A network management device comprising: an editing unit that extracts and combines information and displays it on a display device.