JPH09251434A - Device and method for managing network - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently generate a physical map without the burden on a man ager by generating installation place information from an indication position on a background diagram and setting it in an installation place information storage area. SOLUTION: In a device to be managed, the pertinent background drawing is designated from a background drawing list, ID of the background is sent to the management device 1A and the management device 1A decides the background drawing to be transferred and sends it to the device to be managed. The device to be managed displays the background drawing 11a which is sent on a display device, and an indication device designates the self installation place on the background drawing displayed on the display device. The coordinate of the installation place on the background drawing is decided from the position designated by the indication device, and it is preserved in the installation place information storage area. The installation place is preserved and the management device 1A generates the physical map from the background drawing 111a and installation place information of the device to be managed and displays it on the display device 17.

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 and a management method for managing a large number of managed devices connected to a network by the management device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional network management devices of this type are
Although it was possible to automatically create a map (logical map) that shows which managed device is on which network, in the background diagram you can see which floor each managed device is located on. The map (physical map) shown is created manually by the network administrator based on the logical map. Note that, as ones related to this conventional technique, for example, JP-A-4-149761 and JP-A-2-18 are available.
651 and JP-A-3-42770.

[0003]

Since the conventional network management device is configured as described above, information consisting of a character string relating to the installation location collected from the managed device regardless of the map information is output as a list. Therefore, it is difficult to recognize the detailed installation location of the managed device in which the failure has occurred. Therefore, the administrator manually writes the managed device in the background diagram using the logical map to create the physical map, but there is a problem that the administrator's burden is large and the efficiency is low.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and reduces the burden on the administrator by a physical map that visually shows the installation location of the managed device in the background view, thereby improving efficiency. An object is to obtain a network management device and a management method that can be created well.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a network management device having at least one managed device connected to the management device via a network bus. And a means for transmitting a background map to the managed device, and a physical map creating means for creating a physical map from the installation location information from the managed device and the same background map as the transmitted and displaying on a display device, The managed device displays the background map sent from the management device on the display means and indicates the installation place of the self on the displayed background diagram, and the installation place information from the indicated position on the background diagram. And an information generating means for generating and setting in the installation location information storage area, and a transmitting means for transmitting the installation location information to the management device.

A network management device according to a second aspect of the present invention has at least one managed device connected to the management device via a network bus, and the management device displays a background view of the managed device. To the managed device, a first receiving means for receiving installation location information from the managed device, an installation location information table for storing the received installation location information, the background map and the installation location information. A physical map creating means for creating a physical map from a table, wherein the managed device displays second background means for receiving a background map from the management device, and display means for displaying the background graphic. Instructing means for pointing out its own installation place on the background diagram, information generating means for generating installation place information from the indicated position on the background map and setting it in the installation place information storage area, and the installation place Second sending information to the management device
And a transmission means of.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a network management device, which has an instruction means for indicating the installation location of a managed device to be changed on the background map of the physical map displayed on the display device, and an indication position on the background map. Information generating means for generating installation place information from the device and setting it in the installation place information table, and transmitting means for sending the installation place information to the managed device to be changed and changing the contents of the installation place information storage area of the managed device. Is to have.

The network management apparatus according to the invention of claim 4 is forbidden for prohibiting the managed apparatus managed by itself from changing the contents of the installation location information storage area by another managed apparatus and the managed apparatus itself. It has a means.

The network management device according to the invention of claim 5 has a permission means for permitting a change in response to a change permission application from the managed device.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a network management device which transmits / receives a background map and installation location information to / from another management device, and each received information and its own background map database and installation site. And a registration means for registering in the place information table.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a network management device, wherein a managed device on a physical map is based on an ID of the managed device in a connector device directly connected to the managed device and an ID of the managed device itself. It has a description means for drawing a line representing a network cable between the management device and the connector device.

In the network management method according to the eighth aspect of the present invention, the management device transfers the request from the managed device or the background diagram automatically, and the managed device displays the transferred background diagram on the display device. , Specify its own installation place on this displayed background diagram, create the specified installation place information and save it in the installation place information storage area, and send the installation place information to the management device to send it to the management device. The management apparatus saves the information in the installation location information table, and the management apparatus creates a physical map from the saved installation location information and the same background map as the transfer, and displays the physical map on the display apparatus.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below. Embodiment 1. FIG. 1 shows a connection diagram of an entire network connecting network management devices. 1A and 1B are management devices, 2A to 2C and 3A to 3C are buses (LAN) 6A,
A plurality of managed devices connected to the management devices 1A and 1B via 7A, and a network (WAN) 8 connecting the buses 6A and 7A.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a management apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and the drawing explains the management apparatus 1A. In the figure, 11 is a plurality of background diagrams 11a-
Background map database storing 11n, 12 background map management application, 13 background map communication application (first transmitting means), 14 installation location information communication application (first receiving means), 16 physical map display application (Creating means) 17 is a display device. Note that the other management device 1B has exactly the same configuration as the management device 1A, and thus redundant description will be omitted.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a managed device, and the drawing explains the managed device 2A. In the figure, 4
1 is a background image communication application (second receiving means) for receiving a background image from the management device 1A via the bus 6A;
Is a background image display application for displaying the background image on the display device (display means) 43, and 44 is the managed device 2 on the background image.
An instruction device (instruction means) such as a mouse for clicking the place where A is arranged, and 45 is an installation location information generation application (information generation means) for generating installation location information of the managed device 2A clicked by the instruction device 44. , 46 is an installation location information storage area for storing the installation location information generated by the installation location information generation application 45, and 47 is an installation location information communication application (second transmission) for transmitting the installation location information to the management device via the bus 6A. Means). Note that the other managed devices 2B, 2C, 3A to 3C have exactly the same configuration as the managed device 2A, and thus redundant description will be omitted.

FIG. 4 is a building 2F showing an example of the background view 11a.
2 is a plan view of No. 201 to 205, rooms 201 to 205, stairs 206, and corridors 207.

Next, the operation will be described with reference to the flowchart showing the physical map creating procedure of FIG. 5 and the installation location information determining procedure diagram of the managed device of FIG. First, the managed device 2
A is a background diagram communication application 4 in the starting process.
1 is requested to request the background image 11a from the management device 1A. In response to this request, the management device 1A reads the background map 1 from the background map database 11 via the background map communication application 13 and the background map management application 12.
The list of 1a to 11n is transferred to the managed device 2A (step ST5-1).

In the background image transfer step, the managed device 2A designates the corresponding background diagram from the list of background diagrams sent from the management device 1A, and sends the ID of the background diagram to the management device 1A. The management device 1A determines a background diagram to be transferred based on the sent ID and sends it to the managed device 2A (step ST5-2).

Next, in the managed device 2A, the sent background map 11a is displayed on the display device 43 by the background map display application 42 in the display process (step ST5-3), and then displayed in the installation location designating process. The installation place of the user is designated by the pointing device 44 on the background view displayed on the device 43 (step ST5-4).

Thereafter, in the information creating step, the coordinates (Xa, Ya) on the background map of the installation place are determined from the position designated by the pointing device 44 in the installation place information generation application 45 as shown in FIG. Then, the installation location information is created and stored in the installation location information storage area 46 (step ST5-5).

After the installation location information is saved, the management device 1
In the physical map creation process, A is the physical map display application 16 and the background map management application 12
The physical map 100 shown in FIG. 8 is obtained from the background diagram 11a obtained through the installation location information communication application 14 of itself and the installation location information of the managed device obtained through the installation location information communication application 47 of the plurality of managed devices. Is created and displayed on the display device 17 (step ST5-
6). In the physical map 100, 9A to 9C are connector devices, L is each managed device 2A to 2C, 3A to 3C, 4
It is a connection line which connects A-4C and connector devices 9A-9C.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, it is possible to display the physical map 100 visually showing the installation location of the managed device 2A on the display device 17 of the management device 1A together with the background view 11a, thereby preventing a failure. At the time of occurrence, it is possible to intuitively determine where the managed device installed has a failure. In the first embodiment described above, the management device 1
The managed device 2A may transmit the information in the installation location information storage area 46 to the management device 1A after receiving the request from A.

Embodiment 2 FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a management apparatus 1A according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
The same parts as those described above are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description will be omitted.
In the figure, reference numeral 15 is an installation location information table that stores installation location information sent from the managed device.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart for explaining the operation, and steps ST5-1 to ST5 of FIG.
Since -5 and step ST10-1 to step ST10-5 are the same operation, duplicate description will be omitted. Then, in step ST10-6, the installation location information is sent from the managed equipment 2A to the management equipment 1A via the installation location information communication applications 47 and 14 of the managed equipment 2A and the management equipment 1A and stored in the installation location information table 15. To do. As shown in FIG. 11, the installation location information table 15 stores a managed device ID 81, a background view ID 82, and coordinates 83. Therefore, in the management device 1A, in the physical map creating process, the background map 11a obtained by the physical map display application 16 via the background map management application 12 is displayed.
And the physical location map 10 shown in FIG. 8 from the installation location information of the managed device 2A read from the installation location information table 15.
0 is created and displayed on the display device 17 (step ST1
0-7). In the above-described second embodiment, not only the method in which the managed device 2A transmits the information in the installation location information storage area 46 to the management device 1A after receiving the request from the management device 1A, but the managed device is voluntary. You can also choose to send it to.

Embodiment 3. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation procedure of the third embodiment of the present invention, and the processing procedure of the installation location information change request of the managed device 2A via the network will be described based on this figure. After the operation is started, the installation location information communication application 47 of the managed apparatus 2A receives the installation location information change request (including the background map ID and the coordinates) together with the ID of the requested apparatus in the receiving step (step ST12-1). ), In the first determination step, the management device ID1 of the installation location information storage area 46
It is determined whether the 21 (displayed in FIG. 18) column is empty (step ST12-2), and if NO, in the second determination step, the ID of the received request source device and management of the installation location information storage area 46 are managed. It is determined whether or not the device IDs 121 match (step ST12-3), and if NO, the installation location information change request is rejected in the rejection step (step ST1).
2-4) End the operation. On the other hand, the above-mentioned step ST12
-2, the determination result in step ST12-3 is YES
In the case of, the background map ID 123 (displayed in FIG. 18) received in accordance with the installation location information change request in the setting process.
And coordinates 124 (displayed in FIG. 18) are set (step S
T12-5).

Embodiment 4 FIG. 13 is a processing procedure diagram of the installation location information change request from the managed device 2A according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, and the operation will be described based on this diagram. After the operation is started, in the starting step, the user starts the background diagram communication application 41 of the managed apparatus 2A (step ST13-1), and in the determining step, the managed apparatus change prohibition flag of the installation location information storage area 46 is set. It is determined whether is ON (step ST13-2).

If the result of the determination is NO, in the continuation step, the processing of the background chart communication application 41 is continued and the operation is terminated (step ST13-3). If YES, in the termination step, the background chart communication application 41 is executed. Four
1 is ended and the operation is ended (step ST13-4).

Embodiment 5 14 is a block diagram showing a management device 1A according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. The same parts as those in FIG. In the figure, 18 is an instruction device such as a mouse as an instruction means for indicating the installation location of the managed device to be changed on the background diagram of the physical map 100 displayed on the display device 1,
Reference numeral 9 is an installation location information generation application as an information generation means for generating installation location information from the indicated position on the background map and setting it in the installation location information table 15. The installation location information communication application 14 outputs the installation location information to the installation location information. It operates as transmission means for sending to the managed device to be changed and changing the contents of the installation location information storage area 46 of the managed device.

FIG. 15 is a procedure diagram for changing the contents of the installation location information storage area 46 of the managed device by the management device 1A according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention, and the operation will be described based on this diagram. First, when the user of the management device 1A changes the installation position of the managed device on the physical map 100 with the instruction device 18, the installation place information generation application 19
Determines the coordinates on the background map ID of the installation location from the changed position, and stores the coordinates and the background map ID in the location of the corresponding managed device in the installation location information table 15.

Next, the installation location information communication application 14 creates an installation location change request from the coordinates stored in the installation location information table 15 and the background map ID, and changes the management device ID and the installation location change request. To the managed device to be managed.

The managed device that has received the management device ID and the installation location change request collates the received management device ID with the management device ID 121 column of the installation location information storage area 46,
It is confirmed that the management device IDs are the same or that the management device ID 121 column of the installation location information storage area 46 is empty. Then, the background map ID in the received installation location change request is set in the background drawing ID 123 column of the installation location information storage area 46, and the coordinates in the received installation location change request are set in the coordinates 124 column of the installation location information storage area 46. .

As described above, according to the fifth embodiment, the managed device freely specifies its own installation position on the background diagram without paying attention to the relationship with other managed devices.
As for the physical map that displays all managed devices, if the physical relationship between managed devices is incorrect, it is possible to change the installation location information of the managed device in the management device that displayed the physical map. It is possible.

Embodiment 6 FIG. 16 is a configuration diagram showing a management device 1A according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention. The same parts as those in FIG. In the figure, 20 is an installation location information protection application.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing the managed device 2A. The same parts as those in FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 48 is an installation location information protection application.

FIG. 18 shows the structure of the installation location information storage area 46 of the managed device 2A. The management device ID 121,
Managed device change prohibition flag 122, background map ID 123,
It is composed of coordinates 124.

Next, the operation will be described. First, based on the procedure diagram of FIG. 19, a third-party change prohibition is made by the management apparatus 1A so that a person other than the user of the management apparatus 1A cannot change the contents of the installation location information storage area 46 of the managed apparatus 2A. explain.

When the installation location information protection application 20 of the management apparatus 1A sends the ID of the management apparatus 1A and a third party change prohibition request to the managed apparatus 2A, the managed apparatus 2A that receives the request receives the installation location information protection application. 48
At the management device ID 1 of the installation location information storage area 46 in
Make sure that the 21st column is empty, and then enter this management device ID
The received ID of the management device 1A is set in the 121 column. Therefore, thereafter, the contents of the installation location information storage area 46 cannot be changed except for the management device 1A having this ID.

As described above, according to the sixth embodiment, it is possible to prevent the once created physical map 100 from being changed without the permission of the user of the specific management device.
It is possible to protect the installation place information from a malicious user of the computer device and to secure the reliability of a new installation place change of the managed device.

Embodiment 7. FIG. 20 is a procedure diagram for prohibiting change of a managed device according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention, and the operation will be described based on this diagram. After starting, the installation location information protection application 20 of the management device 1A transmits the ID of the management device and the managed device prohibition request when the user specifies the prohibition of the managed device change. Managed device 2 receiving this
A is the installation location information protection application 48,
The management apparatus ID 121 column of the installation location information storage area 46 is collated with the received management apparatus ID, and if they match, the managed apparatus change prohibition flag of the installation location information storage area 46 is set to ON. This prevents the user of the managed device 2A from changing the contents of the installation location information storage area 46.

Embodiment 8 FIG. FIG. 21 is a change prohibition cancellation procedure diagram from the managed device 2A according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention, and the operation will be described based on this diagram. Management device 1
The configurations of A and the managed device 2A are the same as the configurations shown in FIG. 16 and FIG. First, the installation location information protection application 48 of the managed device 2A transmits the ID of the managed device 2A and the change prohibition cancellation request. The installation location information protection application 20 of the management device 1A that received this
Displays on the display device 17 that the ID of the managed device 2A and the change prohibition cancellation request have been received.

The user of the management apparatus 1A who sees this display accepts the change of the installation location and transmits the ID of the management apparatus 1A and the change prohibition cancellation response. Upon receiving this, the installation location information protection application 48 of the managed device 2A, the management device 1A
ID and management device ID 12 of the installation location information storage area 46
The column 1 is collated, the managed device change prohibition flag of the installation location information storage area 46 is set to OFF, and the display device 43 displays that the change prohibition has been released.

Embodiment 9 FIG. FIG. 22 is a procedure diagram for transmitting / receiving a background diagram and an installation location table between management apparatuses according to Embodiment 9 of the present invention. Each background information transmitted / received between the management apparatuses and each information received The operation of registering each of these in its own background map database and installation location information table will be described with reference to the drawings.

For example, when the background diagram communication application 13 of the request side management device 1A sends a request for the ID of the request side management device 1A and a background diagram request, this is sent to the response side management device 1 for example.
The background image communication application 13 of B receives and transmits the background image ID and the background image to the request-side management device 1A via the background image management application 12.

The request-side management apparatus 1A which has received this, after registering the background-view ID and the background view in the background-view database 11 via the background-view management application 12, uses the installation-site information communication application 14 to request-side the management apparatus 1A.
The ID of A and the installation location information table request are transmitted.

The installation location information communication application 14 of the response side management apparatus 1B which receives this transmits the contents of the installation location information table 15. The request-side management device 1A adds the received contents of the installation location information table 15 to the existing installation location information table 15.

As described above, according to the ninth embodiment, one management device can display the physical map 100 created by another management device. For example, considering a company organization having a head office, a branch office A, and a branch office B, the physical map of the branch office A is created by the management device of the branch office A, and the physical map of the branch office B is created by the management device of the branch office B. In the management equipment of the head office, branch office A,
By transmitting the background map and the installation location information table from the management apparatus of B, the physical maps of the branch offices A and B can be displayed and the installation location of each managed apparatus can be grasped.

Embodiment 10 FIG. FIG. 23 shows an installation location information table 15 according to Embodiment 10 of the present invention, which includes a managed device ID 191, a background view ID 192, and a coordinate 1.
In addition to 93, a managed device ID list 194 is stored. The contents of the managed device ID list 194 are set by the management device periodically collecting the IDs of the managed devices stored in the intelligent connector device.

Therefore, the physical map display application 16 sees the managed device ID 191 column and the managed device ID list 194 column of the expanded installation location information table 15 together to establish the connection between the managed device and the connector device. It can recognize and automatically draw a line on the physical map.

As described above, according to the tenth embodiment, a line representing a network cable can be automatically drawn between the managed device and the connector device on the physical map, so that the management device automatically operates. For a connector device or network cable that does not have a distinguishable ID (network address), it is possible to partially automate the fact that the user of the management device needs to check the installation location and describe it on the physical map. It is possible to reduce the burden on the user of the device.

The connector device is assigned an ID so that the user of the management device instructs the installation location on the physical map with the instruction device so that it does not overlap with the IDs of other managed devices. Is registered in the installation location table.

Further, the connector device used in the present invention has a function of automatically detecting the ID (network address) of the connected managed device from the data being communicated and the like and storing it. is there.

[0052]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the invention, the background diagram given from the management device is displayed on the display device of the managed device, and the user of the managed device displays the background diagram. Specify its own installation place in the inside, generate installation place information from the indicated position, store the installation place information in the installation place information storage area, and send it to the management device. Since the physical map is created by and displayed on the display device of the management device, the physical map displaying the installation position on the managed device in the background diagram reduces the burden on the management device user. It is possible to create a network with the effect that effective network management can be performed.

In addition, since the display device can output a physical map visually showing the actual installation location of the managed device on the management device, the managed device installed where the managed device is installed when a failure occurs. There is an effect that it is possible to immediately judge whether a device has failed.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the management apparatus is configured by providing the installation location information table for storing the installation location information from the managed apparatus, the physical map is created using the installation location information of the managed apparatus. The effect of being able to display repeatedly efficiently is.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the management device includes an instruction means for indicating the installation location of the managed device to be changed on the background map of the physical map displayed on the display device, and an instruction on the background map. Information generating means for generating installation location information from the position and setting it in the installation location information table, and transmission for transmitting this installation location information to the managed device to be changed and changing the contents of the installation location information storage area of the managed device Since the physical map for displaying the managed device may have a wrong positional relationship between the managed devices, in such a case, in the management device displaying the physical map, This has the effect of changing the installation location information of the managed device.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the management device includes means for prohibiting the managed device from changing the value of the installation location information storage area by another management device and the managed device itself.
Since it is configured to have a means for permitting change by application of change permission from the managed device, it is possible to prevent the physical map once created from being changed without the permission of the user of the management device. This is effective in protecting the installation place information from the user in the computer device having the information and ensuring the reliability of the new installation place change of the managed device.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the management device has the permission means for permitting the change in response to the change permission application from the managed device. Therefore, the managed device is stored without permission. There is an effect that it is possible to reliably prevent changing the installed location.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the management device transmits / receives the physical map background map and the installation location table to / from another management device, and each received information in its own background map database. And a means for registering in the installation place table, one management device can display a physical map created by another management device, and accurately grasp the installation place of each managed device. There is an effect that can be.

According to the seventh aspect of the invention, the management device displays the ID of the managed device in the connector device directly connected to the managed device and the ID of the managed device itself on the physical map of the managed device. Since the management device is configured to have a means for drawing a line representing a network cable between the managed device and the connector device, the management device can be used as a connector device or network cable that does not have an ID (network address) that can be automatically identified by the management device. There is an effect that the burden on the person can be reduced and can be displayed on the physical map.

According to the eighth aspect of the invention, the management apparatus instructs the managed apparatus itself to indicate the installation location on the background diagram sent by itself, and then the installation location information and the background information sent from the managed apparatus. Since the physical map is created according to the figure, there is an effect that the burden on the user of the management apparatus is reduced and the physical map can be created easily and accurately.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a connection diagram of an entire network management device.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a management device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a managed device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a background diagram.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a physical map creation procedure according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a procedure for determining installation location information of a managed device.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for determining an installation place with respect to a background diagram.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a physical map.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram showing a management device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a physical map creation procedure according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an installation location information table.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of an installation location information change request via a network according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of an installation location information change request from a managed device according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a configuration diagram showing a management device according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a processing procedure for changing installation location information of a managed device from the management device according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a configuration diagram showing a management device according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a configuration diagram showing a managed device according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a structure of an installation location information storage area of a managed device.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a third-party change prohibition procedure according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a managed device change prohibition procedure according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a change prohibition cancellation procedure from the managed device according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a procedure of transmission / reception between management devices according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing an installation location table according to Embodiment 10 of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1A, 1B management device, 2A-2C, 3A-3C, 4A
~ 4C managed device, 11a ~ 11n background diagram, 13
Background diagram communication application (first transmission means), 14
Installation location information communication application (first receiving means), 15 Installation location information table, 16 Physical map display application (creating means), 41 Background map communication application (second receiving means).

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. At least one managed device connected to a managed device via a network bus, said managing device comprising means for transmitting to the managed device in a background view, and said managed device. Physical map creating means for creating a physical map from the installation location information of the device and the same background map as the one transmitted, and displaying the background map sent from the management device on the display device. Displayed on the background diagram and pointing to the own installation place on the background diagram, information generating means for generating installation place information from the indicated position on the background diagram and setting it in the installation place information storage area, A network management device comprising: a transmission unit that transmits the installation location information to the management device. 2. At least one managed device connected to the managed device via a network bus, wherein the managed device comprises a first transmitting means for transmitting a background diagram to the managed device, and First receiving means for receiving location information from the managed device, installation location information table for storing the received installation location information, and physical map creating means for creating a physical map from the background map and the installation location information table The managed device comprises: second receiving means for receiving a background map from the management device; display means for displaying the background map; and pointing to its own installation location on the displayed background map. An instruction means, an information generation means for generating installation place information from the indicated position on the background map and setting it in the installation place information storage area, and a second transmitting means for transmitting the installation place information to the management device. A network management device equipped. 3. The management device generates an installation location information from an instruction means for indicating the installation location of the managed device to be changed on the background map of the physical map displayed on the display device, and an installation location on the background map. It is characterized by comprising information generating means for setting in the installation location information table and transmission means for sending this installation location information to the managed device to be changed and changing the contents of the installation location information storage area of the managed device. The network management device according to claim 2. 4. The management device has a prohibition means for prohibiting the managed device managed by itself from changing the contents of the installation location information storage area by other managed devices and the managed device itself. The network management device according to claim 2. 5. The network management device according to claim 2, wherein the management device has a permission unit that permits the change in response to a change permission application from the managed device. 6. The management device transmits / receives a background map and installation location information to / from another management device, and registers each received information in its own background map database and installation location information table. The network management apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: 7. The management device, based on the ID of the managed device in the connector device directly connected to the managed device and the ID of the managed device itself, between the managed device and the connector device on the physical map. The network management device according to claim 2, further comprising a writing unit that draws a line that represents a network cable. 8. The management device automatically transfers a background diagram or a request from the managed device, the managed device displays the transferred background diagram on a display device, and the managed device displays its own background diagram on the displayed background diagram. The installation location is specified, the specified installation location information is created and saved in the installation location information storage area, and the installation location information is sent to the management apparatus and saved in the installation location information table of the management apparatus. A network management method characterized in that a physical map is created from the stored installation location information and the same background diagram as that transferred and displayed on a display device.