JP2013235472A - Apparatus information management device, apparatus information acquisition system, apparatus information acquisition method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus information acquisition system and the like in which a correspondence relation between a network interface name and a physical port is displayed in such a way as to be easily understood by a person in charge of the work.SOLUTION: A portable device 30 includes an apparatus information inquiry part 302 for transmitting a deliverable code to an apparatus information management device; and an apparatus information management device 20 includes: storage means for previously storing, as device configuration information 211, physical port position information indicative of a physical position of each bus of a management target device; a network configuration registration management part 201 for receiving, from the management target device, a correspondence between each bus and a network interface name, and the deliverable code; a relation diagram drawing part 202 for creating a relation diagram indicative of physical port position information for network interface names for each of the management target devices so as to store it in correspondence to the deliverable code; and a relation diagram transmission part 203 for replying to the portable device, a relation diagram of a management target device corresponding to the deliverable code.

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus information management apparatus, an apparatus information acquisition system, an apparatus information acquisition method, and a program, and more particularly to an apparatus information management apparatus that can easily grasp the correspondence between a network interface name and a physical port.

  Computer networks have become more and more complex recently, with many devices (servers, switching hubs, etc.) equipped with a large number of network adapters and many terminals (physical ports). More and more are connected to equipment. In addition, each device itself is becoming more and more compact and dense, and it is often centralized and managed in a specific place such as a server room in the form of a blade server. Yes.

  For example, when an operation failure occurs in a specific network adapter related to a specific physical port, the OS or network management software recognizes the location of the operation failure using the network interface name indicating the network adapter, and the user And notify the administrator of the occurrence.

  There are the following technologies related to this. Among them, Patent Document 1 describes an information collection device that collects information related to a device (such as a printer) connected to a network. Patent Document 2 describes a content providing system in which paid content can be settled by reading a QR code (registered trademark) displayed on the screen of a digital TV.

  Patent Document 3 describes a maintenance work support system that displays a physical position on a system of a customized part in which a failure has occurred on a configuration diagram. Patent Document 4 describes a design support apparatus that can store and manage a three-dimensional layout of parts in a database.

JP 2004-246880 A JP 2008-244556 A JP 2008-059028 A JP-A-11-345258

  As described above, in particular, in recent years, in particular, devices such as servers and switching hubs have become smaller and higher in density, and in addition to blade servers, a specific one such as a server room has been developed. It is often centralized and centralized in places.

  As a result, a large number of LAN cables and WAN cables are connected to one device, and many such devices are generally arranged in a server room. Even administrators and users rarely come in direct contact with these devices, and usually operate and use these devices with remote access from other computers via a network.

  However, when a malfunction occurs in a specific network adapter among the devices, the location of the malfunction is notified by the “network interface name” recognized by the OS or network management software, which is actually There is a problem that it is not possible to know which terminal (physical port) corresponds only by the appearance of the device.

  In many cases, it is the person in charge of work who receives a request from an administrator or user that actually performs the work there. However, because of the problem, it is difficult to convey the work contents in an easy-to-understand manner not to the direct user of the apparatus but to the person in charge of the work who does not specifically grasp the malfunction.

  Moreover, as the density of devices has increased, it becomes difficult to attach a display device that can display the failure to the device, and there is little information that can be displayed on the display device. Even if a display device is attached, since only small ones can be attached, it is difficult to display the correspondence between all network interface names and physical ports. At best, only a display device of a size that can display simple information such as alphanumeric character strings and barcodes can be attached.

  There is a method in which lamps (link maintenance lights) using LEDs (light emitting diodes) etc. are provided in the vicinity of each physical port, and this is lit / flashed in response to command input. (A terminal device separate from the device) is necessary, and maintenance personnel who can input commands and judge the results need to respond. Further, it is impossible to display different information for each port, and it is impossible to turn on / flash the lamp if the port has failed.

  As a result, in order to identify the name of the network interface where the malfunction occurred, it is necessary to physically remove and connect the cable connected to each port. This is a cumbersome work, and it is difficult to perform this work during the operation of the network because it affects the operation of the entire device connected to the network.

  Even if the correspondence between each network interface name and physical port is recorded at the network construction stage, it is necessary to physically remove and attach the cable at that stage. There is no change and wrong information may be recorded due to human error. Furthermore, the information related to the correspondence relationship may be changed due to the passage of time and failure countermeasures, and therefore the reliability decreases as the information becomes older.

  Techniques that can solve this problem are not described in the aforementioned Patent Documents 1 to 4. The technique of displaying the physical position of a specific part on the device is described in Patent Document 3, but this position cannot be displayed unless the part name is known. Combining this with the remaining Patent Documents 1, 2, and 4 does not solve the problem that “the correspondence between the network interface name and the physical port is unknown”.

  An object of the present invention is to understand a correspondence relationship between a network interface name and a physical port, and display it in an easy-to-understand manner for a person in charge of work, a device information acquisition system, and a device information acquisition method And to provide a program.

  In order to achieve the above object, the device information acquisition device according to the present invention uses, as device configuration information, physical port location information indicating the physical location of the bus corresponding to each bus included in a plurality of managed devices. Each management target device stores in advance storage means, interface setting information that is information about each bus of each management target device and the network interface name corresponding to the bus, and a delivery code that uniquely indicates the management target device Based on the network configuration registration management unit received from the interface, interface setting information and device configuration information, a related diagram representing physical port position information for each network interface name is created for each managed device, and this is delivered. A related diagram drawing unit stored in the storage means in association with the code, and a portable terminal device set separately in advance When receiving the deliverable code from device, and having a relation diagram transmission unit for returning a related diagram of the managed device corresponding to the deliverable code to the portable device.

  In order to achieve the above object, a device information management system according to the present invention is separately set in advance with a plurality of management target devices each having a plurality of buses each having a network interface having a physical port connectable to another device. A device information acquisition system configured by connecting a portable device, which is a portable terminal device, and a device information management device, wherein the device information management device is any one of claims 1 to 3. The device information management device according to item 1, wherein the portable device transmits a delivery code capable of uniquely identifying the management target device to the device information management device, and each physical port and network interface name of the management target device The apparatus information inquiry part which requests | requires transmission of the correspondence information between is provided.

  In order to achieve the above object, the device information acquisition method according to the present invention separately sets a plurality of management target devices each having a plurality of buses each having a network interface having a physical port connectable to another device. And a storage device that stores in advance as device configuration information physical port position information indicating the physical position of the bus corresponding to each bus included in each managed device and a portable device that is a terminal device And a network interface corresponding to each bus of each device to be managed by the network configuration registration management unit of the device information management device. Receives interface setting information, which is information about the name, and a delivery code that uniquely identifies the managed device, and receives device information Based on the interface setting information and the device configuration information, the related diagram drawing unit of the physical device creates a related diagram representing physical port position information for each network interface name for each managed device, and supplies this as a delivery code. The device information inquiry unit of the portable device transmits the delivery code to the device information management device and transmits the correspondence information between the physical port of the managed device and the network interface name. When the related diagram transmission unit of the device information management device receives the delivery code from the portable device, the related diagram of the management target device corresponding to the delivery code is returned to the portable device. And

  In order to achieve the above object, a device information acquisition program according to the present invention is separately set in advance with a plurality of management target devices each having a plurality of buses each having a network interface having a physical port connectable to another device. And a storage device that stores in advance as device configuration information physical port position information indicating the physical position of the bus corresponding to each bus included in each managed device and a portable device that is a terminal device In the device information acquisition system configured by connecting the device information management devices with each other, the processor included in the device information management device is connected to each bus of each managed device and the network interface name corresponding to the bus. Information, interface setting information, and the procedure for receiving the delivery code that uniquely indicates the managed device Based on the case setting information and the device configuration information, a relation diagram representing the physical port position information for each network interface name is created for each management target device, and this is associated with the delivery code and stored in the storage means. An apparatus information acquisition program for executing a procedure and a procedure of returning a related diagram of a management target apparatus corresponding to the delivery code to the portable device when the delivery code is received from the portable device.

  As described above, the present invention receives information about the network interface name corresponding to each bus from the management target device, and the device configuration information indicating the physical location of the bus provided in advance. Since the drawing is created, the product drawing can be immediately transmitted and displayed in response to the transmission request from the portable device. As a result, it is possible to grasp the correspondence between the network interface name and the physical port, and to display it in an easy-to-understand manner for the person in charge of the work. A device information acquisition method and program can be provided.

It is explanatory drawing shown about the structure of the apparatus information acquisition system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart shown about the flow of operation | movement of each apparatus of the apparatus information acquisition system shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing shown about an example of the interface setting information which a setting information transmission part transmits in the apparatus information acquisition system shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of device configuration information stored in advance in a device information management device in the device information acquisition system shown in FIG. 1. It is explanatory drawing shown about an example of the related figure which a related figure drawing part produces with the apparatus information acquisition system shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing shown about the structure of the apparatus information acquisition system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart shown about the flow of operation | movement of each apparatus of the apparatus information acquisition system shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of interface setting information transmitted by a setting information transmission unit in the apparatus information acquisition system illustrated in FIG. 6. It is explanatory drawing shown about an example of the related figure which a related figure drawing part produces with the apparatus information acquisition system shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing shown about the structure of the apparatus information acquisition system which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart shown about the flow of operation | movement of each apparatus of the apparatus information acquisition system shown in FIG. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of device configuration information stored by a network configuration registration management unit in the device information acquisition system illustrated in FIG. 10. It is explanatory drawing shown about an example of the related figure which a related figure drawing part produces with the apparatus information acquisition system shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing shown about the structure of the apparatus information acquisition system which concerns on the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart shown about the flow of operation | movement of each apparatus of the apparatus information acquisition system shown in FIG. FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of device configuration information stored by a configuration information creation unit in the device information acquisition system illustrated in FIG. 14. FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display screen displayed by the device information display unit in the device information acquisition system illustrated in FIG. 14.

(First embodiment)
Hereinafter, the structure of the 1st Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated based on attached FIG.
First, the basic content of the present embodiment will be described, and then more specific content will be described.
The device information management device 20 according to the present embodiment stores in advance physical port position information indicating the physical position of the bus corresponding to each bus included in a plurality of management target devices as device configuration information 211. Storage unit 22, interface setting information 111 that is information about each bus of each management target device and the network interface name corresponding to the bus, and a delivery code that uniquely indicates the management target device from each management target device 10. Based on the received network configuration registration management unit 201, interface setting information, and device configuration information, a relation diagram 212 representing physical port position information for each network interface name is created for each managed device, and this is delivered. The related diagram drawing unit 202 that stores the object code in the storage unit in association with the object code; When receiving the deliverable code from the portable device 30 is a device, and a related diagram transmitting unit 203 returns the related view of the managed device corresponding to the deliverable code to the portable device.

  The device information acquisition system 1 according to the present embodiment is separately set in advance with a plurality of management target devices 10 each having a plurality of buses each having a network interface having a physical port connectable to another device. This is a device information acquisition system configured by connecting a portable device 30 that is a portable terminal device and a device information management device to each other. The device information management device is the device information management device 20 described above. Then, the portable device 30 transmits a delivery code that can uniquely identify the management target device to the device information management device, and requests transmission of correspondence information between each physical port of the management target device and the network interface name. A device information inquiry unit 302 is provided.

  Further, the management target device 10 includes a network setting unit 101 that transmits information about the network interface name corresponding to each bus in advance to the device information management device together with the delivery code as interface setting information 111.

  The management target device 10 includes an image information display unit (QR code display unit 103) that displays image information (QR code) including a delivery code on a display unit 13 provided in advance. A delivery code reading unit 301 is provided for reading a delivery code from image information photographed by the photographing means 35 provided.

With the above-described configuration, the device information acquisition system 1 can grasp the correspondence between the network interface name and the physical port and display it in an easily understandable manner to the worker.
Hereinafter, this will be described in more detail.

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a device information acquisition system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The device information acquisition system 1 includes a management target device 10 to be managed by this system, a device information management device 20, and a portable device 30 such as a mobile phone or a smartphone connected to each other via a network 40. Is done. The network 40 may be a LAN (Local Area Network) or a WAN (Wide Area Network), and may be a wired connection or a wireless connection.

  The management target device 10 is a device having a plurality of physical ports that can be connected to other devices. More specifically, the management target device 10 is a computer device (such as a server) that performs various processes based on requests from many client computers, or a network. Device (such as a switching hub). The management target device 10 is a communication unit including a processor 11 that is a computer program executing entity, a storage unit 12 that stores data, a display unit 13 that displays a processing result, and one or more connection ports (ports). Some network adapters 14a, 14b,.

  Hereinafter, the network adapters 14a, 14b,... Are collectively referred to as the network adapter 14. Each of the network adapters 14 is connected to a bus that the management target device 10 includes as hardware. At least one of the network adapters 14 is connected to the network 40, and the other is connected to each device.

  The processor 11 functions as a network setting unit 101, a setting information transmission unit 102, and a QR code display unit 103, which will be described later, by operating the device information display program. The storage unit 12 stores interface setting information 111.

  The apparatus information management apparatus 20 is a computer apparatus configured for the present embodiment, and is connected to a processor 21 that is a computer program execution entity, storage means 22 for storing data, and a network 40 to connect to other computers. And a communication means 23 for performing data communication with each other.

  The processor 21 functions as a network configuration registration management unit 201, a related diagram drawing unit 202, and a related diagram transmission unit 203, which will be described later, by operating the apparatus information search program. The storage unit 22 stores device configuration information 211, and further stores a relation diagram 212 generated by the operation.

  The portable device 30 includes a processor 31 that is a computer program implementation body, a storage unit 32 that stores data, a communication unit 33 that performs communication with other devices via the network 40, and an operation command input from a user. And an input / output means 34 for presenting the processing result to the user and a photographing means 35 for photographing a digital image.

  The processor 31 functions as a delivery code reading unit 301, a device information inquiry unit 302, and a related diagram display unit 303, which will be described later, by operating the device information acquisition program.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation flow of each device of the device information acquisition system 1 shown in FIG. First, when initializing the management target device 10, the network setting unit 101 sets the relationship between the bus information of the network adapter 14 and the network interface name, and stores the setting contents as the interface setting information 111. The apparatus 10 is restarted (FIG. 2, step S101).

  In response to this restart, the setting information transmission unit 102 transmits the relationship between the bus information set as the interface setting information 111 and the network interface name to the device information management device 20 (step S102 in FIG. 2). At that time, the product name (product number) of the management target device 10 and the delivery code for uniquely identifying each management target device 10 are also transmitted simultaneously.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the interface setting information 111 transmitted by the setting information transmitting unit 102 in the device information acquisition system 1 illustrated in FIG. The interface setting information 111 associates the bus information 111a indicating the number of each bus with the network interface name 111b of the bus. At the same time, the setting information transmission unit 102 also transmits the product name 111c and the delivery code 111d.

  In response to this, in the device information management device 20, the network configuration registration management unit 201 receives the relationship between the bus information and the network interface name (step S 103 in FIG. 2), and the related diagram drawing unit 202 preliminarily as the device configuration information 211. The relation diagram 212 showing the association between the physical port position and the network interface name is created by comparing the stored product configuration information having the physical port position unique to each product of the managed device 10 and the received information. This is stored in the storage means 22 in correspondence with the delivery code (FIG. 2, step S104).

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the device configuration information 211 stored in advance in the device information management device 20 in the device information acquisition system 1 shown in FIG. As the device configuration information 211, bus information 211a corresponding to the bus information 111a and physical port position information 211b indicating the physical position of each bus are stored for each product name 211c corresponding to the product name 111c. Has been. Further, a product diagram 211d showing the appearance of the actual terminal portion for each product name 211c is also stored at the same time.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the related diagram 212 created by the related diagram drawing unit 202 in the device information acquisition system 1 illustrated in FIG. 1. The related diagram 212 displays the physical port position information 211b and the network interface name 111b in association with each other on the product diagram 211d corresponding to the product name 211c.

  In the management target apparatus 10, the QR code display unit 103 displays a QR code (two-dimensional barcode) including a delivery code on the display means 13 (FIG. 2, step S105). When the person in charge of the work shoots the QR code using the photographing unit 35 of the portable device 30, the delivery code reading unit 301 reads the delivery code included in the QR code, and the device information inquiry unit 302 The delivery code is transmitted to the apparatus information management apparatus 20 to request transmission of a related diagram (FIG. 2, step S106).

  In response to this, in the device information management device 20, the relationship diagram transmission unit 203 searches the relationship diagram 212 corresponding to the received delivery code and returns it to the portable device 30 (step S107 in FIG. 2). In the portable device 30, the related diagram display unit 303 receives the related diagram 212 and displays it on the input / output means 34 (FIG. 2, step S108).

  As a result, the related diagram 212 as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the input / output means 34 of the portable device 30. If you look at this figure, each physical port and network interface name can be seen at a glance, so the person in charge can easily identify the physical port corresponding to the network interface name that caused the error and specify the component for that physical port. It is possible to easily take measures such as replacement.

(Overall operation of the first embodiment)
Next, the overall operation of the above embodiment will be described.
The device information acquisition method according to the present embodiment corresponds to a management target device 10 having a plurality of physical ports connectable to other devices, a portable device 30 that is a portable terminal device, and each bus of the management target device. Then, a device information acquisition system configured by mutually connecting the device information management device 20 including the storage unit 22 that stores the physical port position information indicating the physical position of the bus as the device configuration information 211 in advance. Then, the network configuration registration management unit of the device information management device receives from the managed device a correspondence between each bus of the managed device and the network interface name and a delivery code uniquely indicating the managed device. (FIG. 2, Step S103), the related diagram drawing unit of the device information management device is connected to the network interface corresponding to each bus of the management target device. Based on this information and device configuration information, a related diagram showing physical port location information for each network interface name is created for each managed device, and this is associated with the delivery code. Then, the device information inquiry unit of the portable device transmits the delivery code to the device information management device so that the physical port of the device to be managed and the name of the network interface are stored in the storage means (step S104 in FIG. 2). 2 is sent (step S106 in FIG. 2), and when the related diagram transmission unit of the device information management apparatus receives the delivery code from the portable device, the management target device corresponding to the delivery code is sent. The related diagram is returned to the portable device (FIG. 2, step S107).

Here, each of the above-described operation steps may be programmed to be executable by a computer, and may be executed by the processor 21 of the device information management apparatus 20 that directly executes each of the steps. The program may be recorded on a non-temporary recording medium, such as a DVD, a CD, or a flash memory. In this case, the program is read from the recording medium by a computer and executed.
By this operation, this embodiment has the following effects.

  According to this embodiment, even a person in charge of work who is not a direct user of the device can identify the physical port corresponding to the network interface name in which the error has occurred at a glance. Therefore, appropriate measures (for example, replacement of a network adapter) can be easily performed, and the influence of the work on the entire device connected to the network can be minimized. That is, the availability and maintainability of the system can be greatly improved.

(Extension of the first embodiment)
In the first embodiment described above, the delivery code reading unit 301 reads the QR code displayed on the display unit 13 by the QR code display unit 103. However, this embodiment is limited to dynamic display of the QR code. Is not to be done. In short, it is only necessary to read the delivery code and transmit it to the device information management device 20, and any specific method can be used.

  For example, not a QR code but a one-dimensional barcode may be used. Further, the QR code may be printed on a sticker or the like and affixed to an apparatus so that the portable device 30 can take a picture. Alternatively, the serial number of the device may be printed with alphanumeric characters, and this may be input to the portable device 30 as characters. Alternatively, the QR code may be replaced with an RF proximity tag that transmits a radio signal including a delivery code, and the portable device 30 may receive this and read the delivery code. The expansion of the embodiment as described above can be similarly applied to the second to fourth embodiments described later.

(Second Embodiment)
In the second embodiment of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first embodiment described above, the network setting unit 501 of the management target device 410 previously sets a network interface for each of its own buses on the system BIOS. It is assumed that the detection order of each network interface corresponding to the name is included in the interface setting information and transmitted simultaneously.

  In the device information management device 420, the network configuration registration management unit 601 has a function of receiving the detection order of each network interface corresponding to the network interface name set in advance on the system BIOS of the management target device together with the interface setting information. It is assumed that the related diagram drawing unit 602 has a function of creating the related diagram including the detection order of each network interface.

With this configuration, in addition to the same effects as those of the first embodiment described above, network interface names can be displayed in the related diagram 612 according to the detection order set by the hardware of the management target device 410. It becomes.
This will be described in more detail below.

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the device information acquisition system 401 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The device information acquisition system 401 is configured by a management target device 410 to be managed by this system, a device information management device 420, and a portable device 30 such as a mobile phone or a smartphone connected to each other via a network 40. Is done. The managed device 410 and the device information management device 420 are unique to the second embodiment, and the portable device 30 and the network 40 are common to the first embodiment.

  The management target device 410 has the same hardware configuration as the management target device 10 of the first embodiment, and the network setting unit 101 is replaced with another network setting unit 501 as software. Only the other interface setting information 511 is stored, and the others are the same.

  The device information management device 420 has the same hardware configuration as the device information management device 20 of the first embodiment, and the related diagram drawing unit 202 is replaced with another related diagram drawing unit 602 as software. And this only creates another association diagram 612, the others are identical.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation flow of each device of the device information acquisition system 401 shown in FIG. Since this flowchart also includes many parts that are the same as the operations of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the same operations are given the same step numbers, and descriptions thereof are omitted.

  First, when initializing the management target device 410, the network setting unit 501 performs setting on the system BIOS for the relationship between the bus information of the network adapter 14, the network interface name, and the detection order of each network adapter. After the contents are stored as the interface setting information 511, the network is restarted (step S201 in FIG. 7). The subsequent operation in the management target device 410 is the same as that in step S102 of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

  FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the interface setting information 511 transmitted by the setting information transmitting unit 102 in the device information acquisition system 401 illustrated in FIG. The interface setting information 511 is obtained by further correlating the detection order 511a to the bus information 111a indicating the number of each bus and the network interface name 111b of the bus. At the same time, the product name 111c and the delivery code 111d are transmitted simultaneously.

  In the device information management device 420 in which the network configuration registration management unit 201 has received the interface setting information 511 in the same operation as step S103, the related diagram drawing unit 602 includes the management target device 10 stored in advance as the device configuration information 211. The product configuration information having the physical port position unique to each product is collated with the received information, and a related diagram 612 is created that shows the association between the physical port position, the network interface name, and the detection order of each network adapter. This is stored in the storage means 22 in correspondence with the delivery code (FIG. 7, step S204).

  FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the related diagram 612 created by the related diagram drawing unit 602 in the device information acquisition system 401 illustrated in FIG. 6. The subsequent operation is the same as that after step S105 of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

(Third embodiment)
In the third embodiment of the present invention, the network setting unit 101 and the setting information transmitting unit 102 are omitted from the configuration of the third embodiment described above, and the related diagram drawing unit 802 of the device information management device 720 is replaced with the system BIOS. The standard detection order of each network interface corresponding to the network interface name set above is included in the related diagram 612 and created.

According to this configuration, the same effects as those of the second embodiment described above can be obtained with a simpler configuration and operation.
This will be described in more detail below.

  FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of a device information acquisition system 701 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. The device information acquisition system 701 is configured by a management target device 710 to be managed by this system, a device information management device 720, and a portable device 30 such as a mobile phone or a smartphone connected to each other via a network 40. Is done. The managed device 710 and the device information management device 720 are unique to the second embodiment, and the portable device 30 and the network 40 are common to the first embodiment.

  The management target device 710 has the same hardware configuration as the management target device 10 of the first embodiment, but the configuration as software omits the network setting unit 101 and the setting information transmission unit 102, and includes a QR code. Only the display unit 103 is provided. Further, the interface setting information 111 is not stored in the storage unit 12.

  The device information management device 720 has the same hardware configuration as the device information management device 20 of the first embodiment, and the network configuration registration management unit 201 and the related diagram drawing unit 202 are also different from each other as software. The network configuration registration management unit 801 and the related diagram drawing unit 802 are replaced, and the device configuration information 211 is replaced with another device configuration information 811. This only generates another related diagram 812, and the others are the same. is there.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation flow of each device in the device information acquisition system 701 shown in FIG. Since this flowchart also includes many parts that are the same as the operations of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the same operations are given the same step numbers, and descriptions thereof are omitted.

  In the management target device 10, steps S101 and S102 in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2 are omitted. That is, the management target device 710 does not transmit the interface setting information to the device information management device 720.

  In the device information management device 720, the product name 711c of the management target device 710 and the delivery code 711d are grasped in advance at the stage of system construction. The network configuration registration management unit 801 stores the relationship between the bus information, the network interface name, and the detection order of each network adapter in the standard (default) state of the product name 711c as device configuration information 811 (FIG. Step S303).

  FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the device configuration information 811 stored in the network configuration registration management unit 801 in the device information acquisition system 701 shown in FIG. The related diagram drawing unit 802 creates a related diagram 812 similar to the second embodiment shown in FIG. 9 based on the device configuration information 811 (FIG. 11, step S304). FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the related diagram 812 created by the related diagram drawing unit 802 in the device information acquisition system 701 shown in FIG. The subsequent operation is the same as that after step S105 of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

  In the third embodiment, the correspondence between the bus information, the network interface name, and the detection order of each network adapter can be applied only when the correspondence relationship is in the standard (default) state, and each device uniquely Cannot handle customized relationships. However, since such original customization is rarely performed, problems are unlikely to occur in this embodiment.

(Fourth embodiment)
In the fourth embodiment of the present invention, the device information management device 920 obtains information about the network interface name corresponding to each bus of the management target device instead of the related diagram drawing unit, and for each network interface name. Configuration information creation unit 1002 for storing the physical port position information of each managed device as configuration information is provided, and this delivery item is received when a delivery code is received from portable device 930 instead of the related diagram transmission unit A configuration information transmission unit 1003 for returning configuration information corresponding to the code to the portable device is provided.

In addition to the same effects as those of the first embodiment described above, the configuration information received by the portable device is AR (Augmented Reality) in accordance with the image of the management target device. Since it is possible to display, it is possible to obtain an effect that it becomes easier to grasp the actual position of the terminal (physical port).
This will be described in more detail below.

  FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of a device information acquisition system 901 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. The device information acquisition system 701 is configured by a management target device 10 to be managed by this system, a device information management device 920, and a portable device 930 such as a mobile phone or a smartphone connected to each other via a network 40. Is done. The apparatus information management apparatus 920 and the portable device 930 are unique to the fourth embodiment, and the management target apparatus 10 and the network 40 are common to the first embodiment.

  The device information management device 920 has the same hardware configuration as the device information management device 20 of the first embodiment, but the software includes a network configuration registration management unit 201, a related diagram drawing unit 202, and a related Each of the figure transmission units 203 is replaced with another network configuration registration management unit 1001, a configuration information creation unit 1002, and a configuration information transmission unit 1003. Also, the device configuration information 211 is replaced with another device configuration information 1011, and the related diagram 212 is omitted, and the others are the same.

  The portable device 930 has the same hardware configuration as the portable device 30 of the first embodiment, but the related information display unit 303 is replaced with a device information display unit 1103 as software. Others are the same.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the operation flow of each device of the device information acquisition system 901 shown in FIG. Since this flowchart also includes many parts that are the same as the operations of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the same operations are given the same step numbers, and descriptions thereof are omitted. In particular, in the fourth embodiment, the operations up to step S103 are the same as those in the first embodiment.

  When the network configuration registration management unit 1001 receives the relationship between the bus information and the network interface name in the operation of step S103, the information received by the configuration information creation unit 1002 is stored in association with the device configuration information 1011 (FIG. 15). Step S404). FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the device configuration information 1011 stored by the configuration information creation unit 1002 in the device information acquisition system 901 shown in FIG.

  The configuration information transmitting unit 1003 that has received the request for transmission of the related diagram by the delivery code in the same operation as steps S105 to 106 in FIG. 2 returns the configuration information 1011 to the portable device 930 instead of the related diagram (FIG. 15). Step S407).

  In the portable device 930, the device information display unit 1103 superimposes the received configuration information 1011 on the image of the management target device 10 photographed by the photographing means 35, so-called AR-like network interface names corresponding to the respective buses. Is displayed (FIG. 15, step S408).

  At this time, the device information display unit 1103 can use the QR code itself displayed on the display unit 13 as a position information marker, or another can be used as a position information marker. FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display screen 1200 displayed by the device information display unit 1103 in the device information acquisition system 901 illustrated in FIG. This display screen 1200 results in the same screen as the related diagram 212 shown in FIG. 5, but is displayed in an AR manner in accordance with the actual image of the management target device 10. It is also possible to display a more detailed position by bringing the portable device 930 closer to the port), making it easier to grasp the actual position.

  Although the present invention has been described with reference to the specific embodiments shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments shown in the drawings, and any known ones can be used as long as the effects of the present invention are exhibited. Even if it is a structure, it is employable.

  Regarding the embodiment described above, the main points of the new technical contents are summarized as follows. In addition, although a part or all of the said embodiment is put together as follows as a novel technique, this invention is not necessarily limited to this.

(Additional remark 1) The memory | storage means which memorize | stored beforehand the physical port position information which shows the physical position of the said bus | bath corresponding to each bus | bath with which the several management object apparatus is equipped as apparatus structure information,
Network configuration for receiving interface setting information, which is information on each bus of each managed device and a network interface name corresponding to the bus, and a delivery code uniquely indicating the managed device from each managed device The registration management department;
Based on the interface setting information and the device configuration information, a relation diagram representing physical port position information for each network interface name is created for each management target device, and this is stored in association with the delivery code. A related diagram drawing unit stored in the means;
A related diagram transmission unit that, when receiving the delivery code from a portable device, which is a terminal device set in advance, returns the related diagram of the management target device corresponding to the delivery code to the portable device; A device information management device comprising:

(Supplementary Note 2) The network configuration registration management unit has a function of receiving a detection order of each network interface corresponding to a network interface name set in advance on the system BIOS of the management target device together with the interface setting information,
The apparatus information management apparatus according to appendix 1, wherein the association diagram drawing unit has a function of creating the association diagram including the detection order of each network interface.

(Additional remark 3) It replaces with the said related figure drawing part, acquires the information about the network interface name corresponding to each bus | bath of the said management object apparatus, and carries out the said management as physical port position information for every said network interface name as structure information In addition to providing a configuration information creation unit to save for each target device,
In place of the related diagram transmission unit, when the delivery code is received from the portable device, a configuration information transmission unit is provided that returns the configuration information corresponding to the delivery code to the portable device. The apparatus information management apparatus according to appendix 1, which is characterized.

(Supplementary Note 4) A plurality of managed devices each having a plurality of buses each having a network interface having a physical port connectable to another device, a portable device which is a portable terminal device set separately in advance, A device information acquisition system configured by connecting device information management devices to each other,
The device information management device is the device information management device according to any one of appendices 1 to 3,
The portable device is
A device information inquiry unit that transmits a delivery code capable of uniquely identifying the management target device to the device information management device and requests transmission of correspondence information between each physical port of the management target device and a network interface name An apparatus information acquisition system comprising:

(Appendix 5) The managed device is
The network setting part which transmits the information about the network interface name corresponding to each of the buses of itself to the device information management device together with the delivery code as the interface setting information in advance, characterized by the above-mentioned Device information acquisition system.

(Supplementary Note 6) The network setting unit of the management target device includes:
It has a function of including, in the interface setting information, the detection order of each network interface corresponding to the network interface name previously set on the system BIOS for each of its own buses and simultaneously transmitting it to the device information management device. The apparatus information acquisition system according to appendix 5.

(Appendix 7) The managed device is
An image information display unit for displaying image information including the delivery code on a display unit provided in advance;
The portable device is:
The apparatus information acquisition system according to appendix 4, further comprising a delivery code reading unit that reads the delivery code from the image information photographed by a photographing unit provided in advance.

(Supplementary Note 8) A plurality of management target devices each having a plurality of buses each having a network interface having a physical port connectable to another device, a portable device which is a terminal device set in advance, and each of the above managements Corresponding to each bus provided in the target device, a device information management device provided with a storage means that stores in advance physical port position information indicating the physical location of the bus as device configuration information is mutually connected. In the device information acquisition system configured,
The network configuration registration management unit of the device information management device provides interface setting information that is information about each bus of each managed device and a network interface name corresponding to the bus, and a delivery that uniquely indicates the managed device Receive the product code,
The related diagram drawing unit of the device information management device creates a related diagram representing physical port position information for each network interface name for each management target device based on the interface setting information and the device configuration information. This is stored in the storage means in correspondence with the delivery code,
The device information inquiry unit of the portable device transmits the delivery code to the device information management device to request transmission of correspondence information between the physical port of the management target device and the network interface name,
When the related diagram transmission unit of the device information management device receives the delivery code from the portable device, it returns the related diagram of the management target device corresponding to the delivery code to the portable device. A device information acquisition method.

(Supplementary Note 9) A plurality of managed devices each having a plurality of buses each having a network interface having a physical port connectable to another device, a portable device which is a terminal device set in advance, and each of the above managements Corresponding to each bus provided in the target device, a device information management device provided with a storage means that stores in advance physical port position information indicating the physical location of the bus as device configuration information is mutually connected. In the device information acquisition system configured,
In the processor included in the device information management device,
A procedure for receiving interface setting information, which is information about each bus of each managed device and a network interface name corresponding to the bus, and a delivery code uniquely indicating the managed device;
Based on the interface setting information and the device configuration information, a relation diagram representing physical port position information for each network interface name is created for each management target device, and this is stored in association with the delivery code. Procedure to memorize means,
When the delivery code is received from the portable device, an apparatus information acquisition program for executing a procedure for returning the related diagram of the management target device corresponding to the delivery code to the portable device .

  The present invention can be used for managing devices such as servers and network devices in a computer network.

1, 401, 701, 901 Device information acquisition system 10, 410, 710 Management target device 11, 21, 31 Processor 12, 22, 32 Storage unit 13 Display unit 14 Network adapter 20, 420, 720, 920 Device information management unit 23 33 Communication unit 30, 930 Portable device 34 Input / output unit 35 Imaging unit 40 Network 101, 501 Network setting unit 102 Setting information transmission unit 103 QR code display unit 111, 511 Interface setting information 201, 801, 1001 Network configuration registration management unit 202, 602, 802 Related diagram drawing unit 203 Related diagram transmitting unit 211, 811, 1011 Device configuration information 212, 612, 812 Related diagram 301 Delivery code reading unit 302 Device information inquiry unit 303 Related diagram Radical 113 511a detection sequence 1002 configuration information creation unit 1003 configuration information transmitting unit 1103 device information display unit 1200 display screen

Claims (9)

Storage means for preliminarily storing physical port position information indicating the physical position of the bus corresponding to each bus included in a plurality of management target devices as device configuration information;
Network configuration for receiving interface setting information, which is information on each bus of each managed device and a network interface name corresponding to the bus, and a delivery code uniquely indicating the managed device from each managed device The registration management department;
Based on the interface setting information and the device configuration information, a relation diagram representing physical port position information for each network interface name is created for each management target device, and this is stored in association with the delivery code. A related diagram drawing unit stored in the means;
A related diagram transmission unit that, when receiving the delivery code from a portable device, which is a terminal device set in advance, returns the related diagram of the management target device corresponding to the delivery code to the portable device; A device information management device comprising: The network configuration registration management unit has a function of receiving together with the interface setting information the detection order of each network interface corresponding to a network interface name set in advance on the system BIOS of the managed device;
The apparatus information management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the relation diagram drawing unit has a function of creating the relation chart including the detection order of the network interfaces. Instead of the related diagram drawing unit, information on the network interface name corresponding to each bus of the management target device is acquired, and physical port position information for each network interface name is used as configuration information for each management target device. While providing a configuration information creation unit to save,
In place of the related diagram transmission unit, when the delivery code is received from the portable device, a configuration information transmission unit is provided that returns the configuration information corresponding to the delivery code to the portable device. The apparatus information management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus information management apparatus is characterized by: A plurality of management target devices each having a plurality of buses each having a network interface having a physical port connectable to another device, a portable device which is a portable terminal device set in advance, and a device information management device Is a device information acquisition system configured to be connected to each other,
The device information management device is the device information management device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The portable device is
A device information inquiry unit that transmits a delivery code capable of uniquely identifying the management target device to the device information management device and requests transmission of correspondence information between each physical port of the management target device and a network interface name An apparatus information acquisition system comprising: The managed device is
5. The network setting unit according to claim 4, further comprising: a network setting unit that transmits in advance information about a network interface name corresponding to each of the buses as the interface setting information to the device information management device together with the delivery code. System information acquisition system. The network setting unit of the managed device is
It has a function of including, in the interface setting information, the detection order of each network interface corresponding to the network interface name previously set on the system BIOS for each of its own buses and simultaneously transmitting it to the device information management device. The apparatus information acquisition system according to claim 5. The managed device is
An image information display unit for displaying image information including the delivery code on a display unit provided in advance;
The portable device is:
The apparatus information acquisition system according to claim 4, further comprising a delivery code reading unit that reads the delivery code from the image information photographed by a photographing unit provided in advance. A plurality of managed devices each having a plurality of buses each having a network interface having a physical port connectable to another device, a portable device that is a terminal device set in advance, and each of the managed devices A device configured to be mutually connected to a device information management device having storage means for storing physical port position information indicating the physical position of the bus corresponding to each bus as device configuration information in advance In the information acquisition system,
The network configuration registration management unit of the device information management device provides interface setting information that is information about each bus of each managed device and a network interface name corresponding to the bus, and a delivery that uniquely indicates the managed device Receive the product code,
The related diagram drawing unit of the device information management device creates a related diagram representing physical port position information for each network interface name for each management target device based on the interface setting information and the device configuration information. This is stored in the storage means in correspondence with the delivery code,
The device information inquiry unit of the portable device transmits the delivery code to the device information management device to request transmission of correspondence information between the physical port of the management target device and the network interface name,
When the related diagram transmission unit of the device information management device receives the delivery code from the portable device, it returns the related diagram of the management target device corresponding to the delivery code to the portable device. A device information acquisition method. A plurality of managed devices each having a plurality of buses each having a network interface having a physical port connectable to another device, a portable device that is a terminal device set in advance, and each of the managed devices A device configured to be mutually connected to a device information management device having storage means for storing physical port position information indicating the physical position of the bus corresponding to each bus as device configuration information in advance In the information acquisition system,
In the processor included in the device information management device,
A procedure for receiving interface setting information, which is information about each bus of each managed device and a network interface name corresponding to the bus, and a delivery code uniquely indicating the managed device;
Based on the interface setting information and the device configuration information, a relation diagram representing physical port position information for each network interface name is created for each management target device, and this is stored in association with the delivery code. Procedure to memorize means,
When the delivery code is received from the portable device, an apparatus information acquisition program for executing a procedure for returning the related diagram of the management target device corresponding to the delivery code to the portable device .

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