JPH04200132A - Network management equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow the equipment to cope with various management forms and operation forms of a network flexibly by providing a management operation processing section implementing automatically a series of processing registered in a macro operation registration section to the equipment. CONSTITUTION:A management operation processing section 112 implements management application processing such as grasp, control of a state of a node 200 to be managed and detection of a fault state in response to the operation of the operator and implements sequentially automatically a series of processing to be registered when the execution of an operation registered in a macro operation registration section 111 is commanded by the operation of the operator. Thus, since plural management operations are integrally processed as one macro operation, the operability of the operator is remarkably improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a network management device that is installed in a network system to which a plurality of managed devices are connected and manages the network system.

In order to improve reliability and maintainability and operate network systems efficiently, conventional technology network systems have been developed, for example, by the Information Processing Society of Japan Multimedia Communications and Distributed Processing Study Group 4.
2-11 (1989, 5, 19) is provided.

In this type of network management system, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, a management node 3 which is a network management device
00, and a plurality of managed nodes 400... The management node 300 transmits a management operation message indicating a management operation instruction to each managed node 400...
・Sends to the management node 300 a management operation response message such as management information and management operation completion information in response to the management operation message, as well as a notification message for notifying the occurrence of a failure or a change in status, etc. It has become.

The management node 300 and managed node 400 are:
Specifically, it has a configuration as shown in FIG. 3, for example.

In FIG. 3, 310 is a management application processing unit, 410 is a managed application processing unit, and 320.4
20 is a communication protocol processing section.

In such a network management system, network management is performed through the following operations.

For example, depending on the operator's operation, the management node 30゛0
When requesting the managed node 400 to transmit management information using a GET command, the management application processing unit 310 outputs a management operation instruction of the GET command to the communication protocol processing unit 320 by starting the management application program. The communication protocol processing unit 320 transmits a management operation message indicating a GET command to the managed node 400 based on the management operation instruction.

In the managed node 400, the communication protocol processing unit 420
restores the management operation instruction of the GET command from the received management operation message and outputs it to the managed application processing unit 410.

The managed application processing unit 410 performs processing corresponding to the GET command based on the management operation instruction, and outputs the requested management information as a management operation response. This management operation response is output as a management operation response message via the communication protocol processing unit 420 and sent to the management application processing unit 310 via the communication protocol processing unit 320 of the management node 300. .

Problems to be Solved by the Invention When performing management operations, for example, after receiving the management information of the managed node 400 through the GET command operation as described above, the management information of the managed node 400 is An operator often performs a series of operations in succession, such as performing a SET command operation to bring the device into a predetermined state.

More specifically, for example, information indicating the failure occurrence history is requested from the managed node 400, and if the frequency of failure occurrence is high, more detailed failure occurrence status is inquired, and depending on the result, the managed node Processing such as resetting the 400 or stopping the operation may be performed.

However, with the above conventional network management device,
It is necessary for the operator to start each command one after another, and when performing management operations on a plurality of managed nodes connected to the network, the same operations will be repeated frequently.

Therefore, the above-mentioned conventional network management devices tend to be complicated to operate, have poor operability, and therefore have a problem in that it is difficult to perform management operations efficiently.

Note that for operations that are frequently performed in succession, it may be possible to prepare the management application processing unit as a composite command in advance, but in general, this type of management operation depends on the network management style, operation style, etc. It is difficult to provide efficient management operations for all users, and it also lacks flexibility.

In view of the above points, the present invention aims to provide a network management device that can efficiently perform management operations on managed devices with simple operations.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a network that is provided in a network system to which a plurality of managed devices are connected, and that performs management operations on the managed devices in response to operations by an operator. The management device includes a macro operation registration unit in which a series of consecutive processes are registered, and a series of processes registered in the macro operation registration unit that automatically executes the series of processes registered in the macro operation registration unit in response to instructions from an operator to execute macro operations. It is characterized by comprising a management operation processing unit that performs the following operations.

According to the present invention, a series of consecutive processes are registered in the macro operation registration unit, and the management operation processing unit registers the registered processes in response to an instruction from an operator to execute a macro operation. Perform a series of processes automatically.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a network management system to which the present invention is applied.

In FIG. 1, 100 is a management node which is a network management device, 200 is a managed node, 110 is a management application processing unit, 111 is a macro operation registration unit, 1
12 is a management operation processing section, 210 is a managed application processing section, and 120 and 220 are communication protocol processing sections.

The macro operation registration section 111 is configured to register procedures of a series of consecutive operations in response to macro operation registration instructions from an operator.

The management operation processing unit 112 performs the following according to the operator's operation.
In addition to performing management application processing such as grasping and controlling the state of the managed node 200 and detecting abnormal conditions, when an operator's operation instructs execution of an operation registered in the macro operation registration unit 111, A series of registered processes are automatically performed in sequence.

The communication protocol processing units 120 and 220 are configured to send and receive management operation messages, management operation response messages, notification messages, etc. through communication protocol processing. More specifically, based on a message sending instruction from, for example, the management application processing unit 110,
Generates data in a predetermined format, including the specification of the destination node of the message, converts it into a format appropriate for the network and transmission method used to communicate with the destination node, and sends it out as an electrical or optical signal. It is designed to perform processing such as

On the other hand, the managed application processing unit 210 is configured to perform managed application processing in response to management operation messages and the like sent from the management node 100.

Note that the network management system is IsDN (1nte
rated 5 services Digital N
When applied to the above-mentioned management application processing unit 110 and managed application processing unit 210, the processing performed in the application layer corresponds to the processing performed in the application layer, and the processing performed in the communication protocol processing units 120 and 220. can correspond to processing performed in a layer below the presentation layer, but is not limited to this.

In the above configuration, when an operator instructs the macro operation registration unit 111 to register a macro operation when frequently performing a series of multiple management operations on the managed node 200, the macro operation registration unit 111 registers a series of multiple management operations. Register a management operation procedure in association with one macro operation.

Thereafter, when the operator issues an instruction to execute a macro operation or an individual management operation instruction, the management operation processing unit 112 first determines whether or not the operator's instruction is an instruction to execute a macro operation. Please inquire.

If it is an instruction to execute a macro operation, the contents registered in the macro operation registration unit 111 are broken down into a plurality of management operations, and the management operation processing is performed sequentially. More specifically, for example, a GET command operation process that requests the managed node F 200 to send management information, a SET command operation process that puts the managed node 200 into a reset state, etc. are sequentially performed, and these operations are performed. The communication protocol processing unit 120 is requested to send a message including an operation request.

On the other hand, if the operator's instruction is an individual management operation instruction, that management operation processing is performed.

Every time the communication protocol processing unit 120 receives a message sending request based on each management operation process, it performs protocol processing and sends a message including the management operation request to the managed node 200.

The managed node 200 that has received the message from the management node 100 performs the following steps in the communication protocol processing unit 220.
A management operation request is extracted from the received message and sent to the managed application processing unit 210.

The managed application processing unit 210 executes the management operation indicated by the corresponding management operation request, and similarly transmits the response to the communication protocol processing unit 220 of both nodes.
- It is sent back to the management application processing unit 110 of the management node 100 via 120.

In this way, since a plurality of management operations can be collectively processed as one macro operation, operability for the operator is greatly improved.

As described in detail, the present invention includes a management operation processing unit that automatically performs a series of processes registered in the macro operation registration unit, so that operations can be performed efficiently with simple operations. It is possible to perform management operations on managed devices, and moreover, it is possible to flexibly respond to various network management forms, operation forms, etc.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a network management device in an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a network management system, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional network management device. It is. 100... Management node, 111... Macro operation registration unit, 112... Management operation processing unit, 200... Managed node agent Patent attorney Shiro Nakajima

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A series of consecutive processes are registered in a network management device that is installed in a network system to which a plurality of managed devices are connected and performs management operations on the managed devices in response to operations by an operator. and a management operation processing section that automatically performs a series of processes registered in the macro operation registration section in response to an instruction from an operator to execute a macro operation. Network management equipment.