JP2000069118A - Three-dimensional display network management method and system therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a three-dimensional display network management method and the system capable of performing the display of network constitution and state and the display for easily understanding a management operation and an operated result. SOLUTION: In this network management system for three-dimensionally displaying and managing a network, the VRML display part 122 of a client 12 three-dimensionally displays the network and delivers the selection of a management object device to an MIB acquisition Java program 123 as event information when the management object device is selected on three-dimensional display, management information (MIB) is acquired from the management object device 20 through a proxy server 111 on a server 11 and the acquired result is reflected on the VRML display part 122 as the return value of an event.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a network management system for displaying and managing a network in three dimensions, and more particularly to improving the display of the configuration and status of a network and the display of management operations and operation results. And a system for managing a three-dimensional display network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a network management system for managing a multi-layer network or the like by three-dimensional display has been known.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a conventional network management system. In the figure, reference numeral 30 denotes a network management system, which is a Web server 31, a client 3
2. It is composed of a client display screen 33.

[0004] The Web server 31 has a proxy server 311
, Httpd 312, MIB acquisition Java applet 313
, An HTML file 314, and network configuration data (* .wrl) 315.

[0005] Here, the MIB is "Managed Informati
on Base ”.

[0006] The client 32 is a Web browser 321
And get MIB on Web browser 321
ava applet 322, HTML file 323, and V
An RML display unit 324 is provided.

The visualization (three-dimensional display) of the network configuration and state is performed by VRML (Virtual Re
quality mark-up language) display unit 324. The management operation (acquisition of the network management information MIB) is performed by the MI
This is performed by the B acquisition Java applet 322.

The flow of processing in the network management system 30 having the above-described configuration is as follows.

(SA1): The client 32 is
Network configuration data (* .wrl) from server 31
315 is downloaded, and the downloaded network configuration data (* .wrl) 315 is displayed on the client display screen 3 by the VRML display unit 324 on the Web browser 321.
3 is displayed three-dimensionally. At the same time, the client 32 downloads the MIB acquisition Java applet 313 and the HTML file 314 from the Web server 31,
These are started via an HTML file on the Web browser 321, and the MIB acquisition Java applet 322 and the HT
ML file 323

(SA2): VRML of client 32
When a node is selected on the display unit 324, the VRML display unit 32
4 passes the node name to the MIB acquisition Java applet 322 via the HTML file 323.

(SA3): The MIB acquisition Java applet 322 requests management information (MIB) from the network device 20 to be managed via the proxy server 311 of the Web server 31, and obtains the management information (MI) obtained as a result.
The result obtained in B) is displayed on the applet.

However, in the above (SA2), the VRML display section
Since the node name was passed from 324 to the MIB acquisition Java applet 322 via the HTML file 323,
MIB acquisition Java applet 322 to VRML display
The result of MIB acquisition cannot be passed to 324.

Therefore, the MIB information is not reflected on the three-dimensional display of the network by the VRML display unit 324.

[0014]

In a conventional network management system, the above-described processing steps are performed.
Although the MIB of the management target device specified by the VRML display unit 324 can be obtained, the obtained result cannot be reflected on the VRML display unit 324.
MIB information was not reflected in the three-dimensional display of the network according to H.324.

In such a system, it is desirable that the display of the network configuration and the status and the display of the management operation and the operation result be intuitive and easy to understand.

In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a network management method and a three-dimensional display network management method capable of displaying a network configuration and status, and displaying a management operation and an operation result in an easily understandable manner.

[0017]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a network management system for displaying and managing a network in three dimensions. The client, when a managed device is selected on the three-dimensional display, processes the selection of the managed device as event information, acquires management information from the managed device via a proxy server on a server, We propose a 3D display network management method that reflects the management information acquisition result on the 3D display as the return value of the event.

According to the three-dimensional display network management method, the client three-dimensionally displays the network, and when a device to be managed is selected on the three-dimensional display, the device is processed as event information, and the proxy server on the server is processed. The management information such as MIB is acquired from the management target device via the management target device, and the result of the acquisition of the management information is reflected on the three-dimensional display as a return value of the event.

The difference between the management method of the present invention and the prior art is that, in the conventional method, when a device to be managed is selected on a three-dimensional display, this is processed via a file.
Since the acquisition result of the management information such as B cannot be returned to the three-dimensional display, the three-dimensional display cannot be performed. On the other hand, according to the management method of the present invention, when a device to be managed is selected on the three-dimensional display, the device is processed as event information. Another advantage is that the result of acquiring the management information can be passed to the three-dimensional display as the return value of the event.

Thus, according to the management method of the present invention, the acquisition result of the management information such as MIB obtained from the management target device can be reflected on the three-dimensional display. Is easy to understand.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in a network management system for displaying and managing a network in three dimensions, a network configuration and a state are displayed to a client in three dimensions, and a device to be managed is selected on the three-dimensional display. A three-dimensional display means for processing the event information as the event information and reflecting the return value of the event information in a three-dimensional display; receiving the event information from the three-dimensional display means; Make an operation request,
Management information acquisition means for passing a management information acquisition result from the proxy server as a return value of an event to the three-dimensional display means as a return value of the event; and providing the server with a management operation request from the management information acquisition means of the client. Upon receiving the management information, the management information is obtained from the management target device based on the management operation request, and the management information is provided to the management information obtaining unit of the client. .

According to the three-dimensional display network management system, the network is three-dimensionally displayed by the three-dimensional display means of the client, and when a device to be managed is selected on the three-dimensional display, this is processed as event information. A management operation request is made to the proxy server on the server by the management information acquisition means that has received the event information.

Further, the proxy server having received the management operation request obtains management information such as MIB from the management target device based on the management operation request, and passes the management information to the management information obtaining means of the client. .

The management information passed to the management information obtaining means is returned from the management information obtaining means to the three-dimensional display means as a return value of the event.

Thus, the management information acquisition result is reflected on the three-dimensional display as a return value of the event by the three-dimensional display means.

The difference between the management system of the present invention and the prior art is that in the conventional management system, when a device to be managed is selected on a three-dimensional display, this is processed via a file. Since the information acquisition result cannot be returned to the three-dimensional display, the three-dimensional display cannot be performed. On the other hand, in the management system of the present invention, when a management target device is selected on the three-dimensional display, the device is processed as event information, and the event The point is that the acquisition result of the management information can be passed to the three-dimensional display as a value.

Thus, in the management system of the present invention,
Since the acquisition result of the management information such as MIB obtained from the management target device can be reflected on the three-dimensional display, the display of the network configuration and the state and the display of the management operation and the operation result become easy to understand.

[0028]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a three-dimensional display network management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a network management system,
It comprises a server 11, a client 12, and a client display screen 13.

The Web server 11 has a proxy server 111
, Httpd 112, MIB acquisition Java program group 1
13 and network configuration data (* .wrl) 115
It has.

The client 12 has a Web browser 121
And a VRML display unit (three-dimensional display unit) 122 and a MIB acquisition Java program (management information acquisition unit) 123 are activated on the Web browser 121.

The visualization (three-dimensional display) of the network configuration and state is performed by VRML (Virtual Re
quality Mark-up Language) display unit 122. The management operation (acquisition of network management information (MIB))
This is performed by the MIB acquisition Java program 123.

Next, an example of management processing in the network management system 10 having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to the processing flowchart of FIG.

The client 12 downloads the network configuration data (* .wrl) 114 from the Web server 11 through the VRML display unit (three-dimensional display means) 122 and displays the network configuration and status on the client display screen 13. In addition, the client 12 downloads the MIB acquisition Java program 113 from the Web server 11 and sets the MIB acquisition Java program 123 started on the Web browser 121 (STEP 11).
101).

The operator selects an arbitrary device to be managed displayed on the client display screen 13 by the VRML display unit 122 (three-dimensional display means) (STEP 102).
Then, the VRML display unit 122 passes the selection of the management target device to the MIB acquisition Java program 123 (management information acquisition means) as event information (STEP 201).

The MIB acquisition Java program 123 uses W
The MIB is acquired from the corresponding managed device 20 via the proxy server 111 on the web server 11 (STEP 20).
2).

Further, the MIB acquisition Java program 12
3 is VR of the MIB acquisition result as the return value of the event
It is passed to the ML display unit 122.

Upon receiving this, the VRML display unit 122 reflects the MIB acquisition result on the display of the network configuration and status (STEP 203). After that, the VRML display unit 122 performs a normal process of waiting for an operation of designating a device to be managed by the operator (STEP 103).

As described above, in the network management system of the present embodiment, the following (SB1)-
By performing the operation of (SB5), when a management target device is selected on the three-dimensional display, this is processed as event information, and the result of acquisition of the management information is passed to the three-dimensional display as a return value of the event. The result of acquisition of management information such as MIB obtained from the management target device can be reflected on the three-dimensional display.

This makes it easy to understand the configuration and status of the network, the management operation and the display of the operation result.
It is possible to intuitively understand a failure that has occurred in the network. Further, since the network management operation and the three-dimensional display unit can be coordinated, the status and failure of the management target device can be displayed on the three-dimensional display in an easily understandable manner.

(SB1): The client 12 is
Network configuration data (* .wrl) from server 11
114 and download the VRM on the web browser 121
The three-dimensional display is performed on the L display unit 122, and the MIB acquisition Java program group 113 is downloaded accordingly.

(SB2): When a node is selected on the VRML display unit 122, the VRML display unit 122 transfers the event information to the MIB acquisition Java program 123 corresponding to the management target device 20.

(SB3): MIB acquisition The Java program 123 acquires the MIB from the management target device 20 via the proxy server 111 on the Web server 11.

(SB4): The MIB acquisition Java program 123 passes the MIB acquisition result to the VRML display unit 122 as a return value of the event.

(SB5): The VRML display unit 122 reflects the MIB information on the three-dimensional display of the network.

The above embodiment is an example, and the present invention is not limited to this.

[0047]

As described above, according to the three-dimensional display network management method of the first aspect of the present invention, when a management target device is selected on the three-dimensional display, this is processed as event information, Since the result of acquisition of management information is passed to the three-dimensional display as a return value of, the result of acquisition of management information such as MIB obtained from the device to be managed can be reflected on the three-dimensional display. The display of the status, the status, the management operation, and the operation result becomes easy to understand, so that it is possible to intuitively understand a failure or the like occurring in the network.

According to the three-dimensional display network management system of the present invention, when a device to be managed is selected on the three-dimensional display, the device is processed as event information,
Since the acquisition result of the management information is passed to the three-dimensional display means as the return value of the event, the M
An acquisition result of management information such as IB can be reflected on a three-dimensional display. This makes it easy to understand the configuration and state of the network, the management operation and the display of the operation result, and can intuitively understand a failure that has occurred in the network.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating a network management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a processing flowchart illustrating a network management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a conventional network management system.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Network management system, 11 Web server, 12 Client, 13 Client display screen, 111 Proxy server, 112 httpd, 113
MIB acquisition Java program group, 114: network configuration data, 121: Web browser, 122: VRML display unit (three-dimensional display means), 123: MIB acquisition Java program (management information acquisition means).

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A network management system for displaying and managing a network three-dimensionally, wherein a client displays the network three-dimensionally, and when a client selects a device to be managed on the three-dimensional display, the client Processing the device selection as event information, acquiring management information from the managed device via a proxy server on a server, and reflecting the acquisition result of the management information as a return value of the event on a three-dimensional display. 3D display network management method. 2. A network management system for displaying and managing a network in three dimensions, wherein a network configuration and status are displayed to a client in three dimensions, and an event occurs when a device to be managed is selected on the three-dimensional display. Processing the information, and reflecting the return value of the event information on the three-dimensional display; receiving the event information from the three-dimensional display means, performing a management operation request to a proxy server on a server, Management information acquisition means for passing a management information acquisition result from the proxy server as a return value of an event to the three-dimensional display means as a return value of the event; and providing the server with a management operation request from the management information acquisition means of the client. Receiving the management information from the management target device based on the management operation request, Three-dimensional display network management system characterized by comprising the proxy server to pass the management information acquisition means clients.