JPH0399341A - Network control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To effectively utilize control information outputted from each apparatus by identifying whether the control information is reference one or the information inherent in each apparatus and extracting processing regulating data corresponding to the information inherent in the apparatus to process the data. CONSTITUTION:At the time of receiving control information from respective constitutional apparatuses 2 to 5, a controller 6 identifies whether the control information is the reference one or the information inherent in each apparatus by an identifying means 10. In the case of the reference information, the controller 6 processes the information by a reference information processing means 11 assembled in the device 6 itself. When the control information is the one inherent in each apparatus, the information is processed by an apparatus inherent information processing means 12 based upon its corresponding processing regulating data. Since the processing method, management method, control method, etc., of the information inherent in each apparatus are executed by receiving them from the apparatus itself, the control information from each apparatus can be effectively utilized.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a network management method, and particularly to a network management method in a network system having a management device, and a device control method for a system including a plurality of devices.

[Prior Art] A conventional management device installed in a network system processes management information received from each device included in the network only when the information is in a predetermined standard format. Ta. Furthermore, when handling information that is not in a standard format, it is converted into a standard format using a conversion device provided within the management device or separately, and then processed.

In addition, as a conventional technology regarding this kind of network management, for example, Nikkei Computer 1988゜4.1 Vol.
The techniques described in pages 7 to 48, "Network management system supporting integration of information systems," etc. are known.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the above-mentioned conventional technology, the management information that can be processed is limited to that in a standard format, and with the progress of multi-vendor, multimedia, etc., networks are becoming more complex and large-scale. It is difficult to adapt to the system, and there are problems in that it cannot be adapted to the larger scale of the system. In addition, with conventional technology that converts information in a non-standard format into information in a standard format, it is difficult to optimally convert device-specific information into a standard format, and information that cannot be converted is not processed. This poses a problem in that it is difficult to manage the network system in a more detailed and efficient manner.

An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art, utilize management information effectively and flexibly, speed up troubleshooting,
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a network management method that enables more efficient operation, control, and maintenance of network systems, such as realizing multivendor integration and enabling flexible response to system configuration changes.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a device control method that makes it possible to efficiently control each component device in a system consisting of a plurality of devices.

[Means for Solving the Problems] According to the present invention, the object is to provide a means for identifying management information into standard information and device-specific information, and a means for retrieving processing regulation data corresponding to the device-specific information to a management device. This is achieved by comprising: and means for executing processing within the management device based on the processing regulation data.

In addition, in a system consisting of multiple devices, this can be achieved by providing a means for extracting control information for controlling the controlled device to the control device, and a means for the control device to control the controlled device based on the control information. be done.

[Operation] The co-network component devices create management information such as failure notifications, operation information, and performance information necessary for network management, and transfer the management information to the management device.

If the management information of each device is in a format that cannot be processed by the management device, a conversion device is installed inside or outside the management device to convert the management information of each device into a format that can be processed by the management device.

information and device-specific information, the standard information is processed by a processing means within the management device, and the device-specific information is processed based on the corresponding processing regulation data.

The processing regulation data is in the form of parameters, intermediate languages, programs, etc., and is extracted from device-specific information of the device or from the corresponding device or conversion device.

According to the present invention, it is thereby possible to efficiently manage and control each of the component devices constituting the system using the management device and the control device, and the system can be made highly expandable.

[Embodiment] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the network management system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram explaining the format of management information, FIG. 3 is a flowchart explaining the operation of the management device, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an execution form for each execution type of device-specific information.

4.5 is another company's equipment, 6 is a management device, 7 is a storage section, 8 is a conversion device, 10 is an identification means, 11 is a standard information processing means, and 12 is a device-specific information processing means.

As shown in FIG. 1, a network system to which the present invention is applied includes a network 1 and devices 2 such as computers and workstations connected to the network 1.
5, a network management device 6, and a conversion device 8. Further, the network management device 6 includes a storage section 7, an identification means 10, a standard information processing means 11, and a device-specific information processing means 12.

The network management device 6 receives management information from each component device 2 to 5 and manages the network. Component device 4.5 is, for example, a product of another manufacturer,
The management information cannot be directly processed by the management device 6. For this reason, these component devices 4
．． The management information from 5 is converted to each device by the conversion device 8.
The data is converted into a processable format using a conversion table or the like and transferred to the management device 6.

The management information includes failure notifications, operation information, performance information, etc., and also includes a lot of information that should be managed and processed unique to each device.

When the management device 6 receives such management information, the identification means 10 identifies whether the management information is standard information or device-specific information.

When the management information is standard information, the management device 6 processes the standard information using the standard information processing means 11 incorporated in the management device 6 in advance, and when the management information is device-specific information, Processing is performed by the device-specific information processing means 12 based on the corresponding processing regulation data.

An example of the format of the management information is shown in FIG. 2, and will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 2(a), the standard information includes a device address 21, a device type 22, an identification code 23 indicating whether this management information is standard information or device-specific information, and whether this management information A function classification code 24 for classifying notification information, operation information, performance information, etc., a processing code 25 as processing regulation data indicating details of processing, and
It is composed of additional data 26.

As shown in FIG. 2(b), the device-specific information includes, in addition to the codes included in the standard information mentioned above, a retrieval source code 27 indicating where to retrieve external processing regulation data, a search key 28 for that purpose, and an execution code. It is provided with an execution type 29 indicating the form.

Next, the processing operation of the device-specific information will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 3, and the execution form for each execution type will be explained with reference to FIG. 4.

(1) As explained in Figure 2, the device-specific information is
It has an external processing regulation data retrieval source code 27. Therefore, first, it is determined whether or not the retrieval source is specified in the retrieval source code 27 (step 300
).

(2) In step 300, if the extraction source is not specified, only the processing code 25 and additional data 26 are handled as processing regulation data, and the process proceeds to step 306, assuming that no external processing regulation data is required (step 30
1).

(3) If the extraction source is specified in step 300, external processing regulation data is required, so check whether the corresponding external processing regulation data is already registered in the storage unit 7. A search is performed using the search key 28 (step 302).

(4) If the external processing regulation data exists in the storage unit 7 at step 302, the corresponding external processing regulation data is retrieved from the storage unit 7 and the process proceeds to step 306 (step 3
03).

(5) In step 302, if the external processing regulation data does not exist in the storage unit 7, the external processing regulation data is retrieved from the device by, for example, making an inquiry to the device indicated by the retrieval source code. , After storing this external processing regulation data in the storage unit 7 in preparation for the next search, the process proceeds to step 306 (steps 304 and 305).
.

Usually, the source device is the device that outputs this device-specific information, but it may be another device.

(6) 301.303 or 305 (7)
) When the processing is completed and the retrieval of necessary external processing regulation data is completed, the execution type 29 is determined (step 306).

(7) If the execution type 29 is determined to be an interpreter type in step 306, as shown in FIG. A processing code 25, additional data 26, and external processing regulation data are given as parameters thereof.

Thereby, the standard interpreter executes processing based on the external processing regulation data (step 307).

(8) If the execution type 29 is determined to be a parameter type in step 306, as shown in FIG. 4(b),
The standard processing program corresponding to the functional classification code 24 and the like is activated, and the processing code 25, additional data 26, and external processing regulation data are given as parameters. This results in
The standard processing program executes processing based on external processing regulation data (step 308).

(9) If the execution type 29 is determined to be the program type in step 306, as shown in FIG. 4(C),
The external processing regulation data itself is started as a processing program, and the processing code 25 and additional data 2 are set as parameters.
Give 6. As a result, the external processing regulation data itself executes a predetermined process as a processing program (step 309).

In the processing operation example described above, the external processing regulation data is registered in the storage unit 7 when processing device-specific information having a new search key 28, but the external processing regulation data is not stored in the storage unit 7. This may be performed in advance when a new device is installed in the system, or at the start of a day's operation.

Further, in the above-described embodiment of the present invention, external processing regulation data is searched using a special key such as a search key, but the present invention does not use such a special key, and the device It is also possible to use a set of type 22, function classification code 24, processing code 26, etc. as a search key.

One embodiment of the present invention described above performs network management in a network system by receiving device-specific information from each device, but the present invention comprises a plurality of component devices and performs control and management. It can also be applied to a system consisting of a device and devices controlled and managed by this device, and the control device can optimally control each device by receiving device-specific information such as the one described above from each device. It is possible to make it possible to execute it.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of another embodiment of the present invention, and is an example of a system including a control device. In FIG. 5, 50 is a control device, and 51 to 54 are controlled devices.

The system shown in FIG. 5 includes a control device 50 and a control device 5.
Each controlled device 51 to 54 is controlled based on control information 61 to 64 corresponding to each device.

In the illustrated system, control information 61.62 regarding the controlled devices 51.52 is provided in the control device 50 in advance, while control information 63.64 regarding the controlled devices 53.54 is provided in advance in the control device 50. 54 into the system, the control information is taken into the control 50 from the controlled device at an appropriate timing, such as when starting up the system or when the control information is needed.

The execution form of the control information is an interpreter type, a parameter type, a program type, etc., as in the case of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 described above.

In the other embodiments of the present invention described above, control information is provided for each device, but control information may be provided for each device type.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, information processing methods, management methods, control methods, etc. unique to each device can be obtained from the device itself, and information processing, management, control, etc. can be executed. Because we do
When the present invention is applied to network management, management information from each device can be effectively used, speeding up fault isolation,
It is possible to achieve multi-vendor management, flexibly respond to configuration changes, and more efficiently operate, control, and maintain networks.

In addition, when applied to the control of a system consisting of general equipment, it becomes possible to perform efficient control, and the impact on the existing system is minimized even when changing the equipment configuration or incorporating new equipment. can be minimized.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram explaining the format of management information, FIG. 3 is a flowchart explaining the operation of the management device, and FIG. FIG. 5, which is a diagram illustrating the execution form for each execution type of device-specific information, is a block diagram showing the configuration of another embodiment of the present invention. 1...Network, 2.3...In-house equipment, 4.December...Other company's equipment, 6...Management device, 7...Memory Part, 8...Conversion device, 10...Identification means, 11...Standard information processing means, 12...Device-specific information processing means, 50 . . . Control device, 51 to 54 . . . Controlled equipment. Figure 1 Network #f: Electrical system 8ag Figure 2 (Q) Management report format 1 line quasi-side report example (b) What is called a solid report? Figure 3 S device specific IIIj! Information processing flowchart Figure 4 Execution form of device-specific report execution percentage (Q) Ishita delita type (b) Parameter type (C) Program type Figure 5

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A device configured by connecting a plurality of devices and a management device that receives management information such as failure notifications, operating information, and performance information from these devices and performs network management through a communication line. In a network system, means for identifying whether the management information is standard information or device-specific information;
A network management method comprising: means for extracting processing regulation data corresponding to device-specific information to the management device; and means for causing the management device to execute processing based on the processing regulation data. 2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a conversion device that converts the management information output by each device into standard information, device-specific information, and processing regulation data that can be processed by the management device. Network management method. 3. The network management system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the processing regulation data is extracted from device-specific information itself or the corresponding device itself. 4. The network according to claim 1, 2, or 3, wherein the form of the processing regulation data is a parameter, an intermediate language, a program, or a combination thereof. Management method. 5. In a system consisting of a plurality of devices including a control device and a controlled device, a means for extracting control information from the controlled device to the control device, and a means for extracting control information from the controlled device by the control device, based on the control information extracted from the controlled device. A device control method comprising: means for controlling the controlled device.