JPH05167636A - Network management installation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a network management mount system in which a remarkable revision in the entire system is not required when a management object is added or the mount is revised. CONSTITUTION:The system is provided with an existing OSI protocol processing means 1 used for a management system for the communication according to an OSI protocol, an information edit means 2 reconfiguring and editing each management object, a management information base 6 being a virtual database storing the information reconfigured by the information edit means 2, a information conversion means 3 converting the information from the management object into the OSI form, also provided with a conversion rule registration file 7 registering and storing the conversion rule used for the information conversion means 3, a conversion rule registration means 5 receiving the registration and revision information of the conversion rule from a terminal equipment and an existing communication management means 4 making communication according to each protocol for each management object.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a network management mounting system, and more particularly to a network management mounting system including a closed system used in an information processing system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the conventional method, details such as communication failure information and the status of the management target are collected due to the restrictions on the implementation of the management target and the difference in the communication means for each management target when collecting information from a closed system. In some cases, it was not possible to obtain sufficient information and to exchange sufficient information with the management target.
In addition, OSI (Open System Interc)
(connection: open system interconnection) The method of information conversion to the format depends on the information format of each management target, so when adding or updating a management target, add processing according to the implementation of that management target. Had to make drastic changes in the implementation method such as information conversion processing and communication processing.

[0003]

In the system of the above-mentioned conventional example, when the management target is added or updated, the communication means and the format of the information are different for each management target, so that the management target is newly added or updated. There has been the troublesomeness that communication means and information conversion means have to be added or updated to each managed object.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to improve such inconveniences of the prior art and, in particular, to provide a network management mounting system which does not require a drastic change of the entire system even when a management target is added or a mounting is changed. , And its purpose.

[0005]

According to the present invention, an existing O for communicating with a management system according to the OSI protocol is used.
It is provided with an SI protocol processing means, an information editing means for reconstructing and editing information from each management target, and a management information base which is a virtual database for accumulating the information reconstructed by the information editing means. Furthermore, information from the management target is sent to the OS.
Information conversion means for converting to I format, conversion rule registration file for registering and storing conversion rules used by the information conversion means, conversion rule registration means for registering conversion rules and inputting change information from a terminal device, and management target Each of them has an existing communication management means for communicating according to an individual protocol. This aims to achieve the above-mentioned object.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 is
In an open managed system having a non-open system as a management target, an existing OSI protocol processing means 1 for communicating with the management system according to the OSI protocol;
It is provided with an information editing means 2 for reconstructing and editing information from each management target, and a management information base 6 which is a virtual database for accumulating the information reconstructed by this information editing means. Furthermore, information conversion means 3 for converting the information from the management target into the OSI format, a conversion rule registration file 7 for registering and storing the conversion rules used by the information conversion means, and conversion rule registration and change information from the terminal device are stored. The conversion rule registration means 5 for inputting and the existing communication management means 4 for communicating according to the individual protocol for each management target are provided. here,
Reference numeral 8 is a terminal device, reference numeral 10 is a management system, reference numeral 11
Is a managed system, and reference numeral 12 is a management target.

FIG. 2 shows a concrete example of the information converting means 3. The information conversion means 3 is composed of an information conversion judgment 31, a conversion rule reading 32, a conversion rule storage 33 and an information conversion 34.

FIG. 3 shows a concrete example of the conversion rule registration means 5. The conversion rule registration means 5 comprises a conversion rule input 51, a change rule judgment 52, a file allocation 53 and a conversion rule writing 54.

FIG. 4 shows a specific example of the conversion rule registration file 7. This conversion rule registration file 7 is a management target identifier 7
1, conversion rule table identifier 72 and information conversion rule 73
It is composed of and.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. First, the user operates the conversion rule registration means 5 from the terminal device 8 and the conversion rule input 51 creates a managed object identifier 71 which is uniquely set for each managed object 12 in advance and a conversion created and used by the information converting means 3. A conversion rule table identifier 72 that is uniquely set in advance for each rule table, the difference between the information collection request information for the management target 12 from the management system 10 and the information required when communicating with the management target 12 is added. The information conversion rule 73 is input.

The difference in this case is managed by the communication management means 4 such as the attribute, communication method, identifier, etc. of the management target 12 required when communicating with the management target 12 based on the information collection request from the management system 10. Although it is indispensable when communicating with the target 12, it is information that the management system 10 does not need to be particularly aware of. By allowing this information to be newly input or added and updated from the terminal device 8, the managed system 11 It improves the versatility of.

Next, the conversion rule registration means 5 judges whether the information is new, added, or updated in the conversion rule judgment 52, and if it is new or added, the information is stored in the conversion rule registration file 7 by the file allocation 53. Find and secure the area required for registration. Then, it is written in the conversion rule registration file 7 by the conversion rule writing 54.

Next, the user activates the management system 10 and the managed system 11. Management system 10 is O
It communicates with the OSI protocol processing means 1 according to the SI communication means, and requests the managed system 11 to collect information on the managed object 12. The information editing means 2 receives the collection request information of the management target information from the OSI protocol processing means 1, registers it in the management information base 6, and sends this collection request information to the information converting means 3.

In the information conversion means 3 which has received this information, it is determined in the information conversion judgment 31 whether this information is an information cormorant collection request from the management system 10 or a notification to the management system 10 about the information collected from the managed object 12. Judgment is made, and in this case, since it is the information collection request from the management system 10, the conversion rule reading file 32 is made by the conversion rule reading 32.
Information conversion rule 73 for each managed object 12 registered in
By using the management target identifier 71 as a key, creating a conversion rule table in the conversion rule storage 33 based on the conversion rule table identifier 72, and incorporating the information conversion rule 73. Convert to a communicable format that conforms to the implementation of. The communication management means 4 which has received this converted information manages the identifier 71 of this information.
Based on the above, communication is performed based on the corresponding managed object 12 and a communication method for each managed object 12, information regarding the managed object 12 is acquired, and this information is passed to the information conversion means 3.

Next, the information conversion means 3 uses the information conversion judgment 3
1 determines whether the received information is a notification of the information obtained from the management target 12 or a request for collecting information to the management target 12, and in this case, since it is a notification of information, access the conversion rule registration file 7 Instead, the conversion rule table created in the conversion rule storage 33 is searched by using the management target identifier 71 and the conversion rule table identifier 72 as keys, and the information conversion 34 manages the information based on the obtained information conversion rule 73. It is converted into a format of communicable information according to the implementation of the system 10. This information is stored in the management information base 6 by the information editing means 2 and the OS
It is transmitted to the management system 10 by the I protocol processing means 5 as a response to the information collection request for the management target 12. Communication processing is realized by performing the above operation.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, the management object identifier, the conversion rule table identifier, the
Information necessary for information conversion such as conversion rules can be registered, added, updated, and deleted, and that information is searched according to the management target to communicate, and the information format according to the implementation of the management system is changed to the implementation of the management target. Since it is possible to communicate by converting to the accompanying information format or from the information format of the management target to the information format of the management system, it is possible to register and update the information conversion rule for each management target. ， Unprecedented excellent network management implementation system that does not require a significant change in the implementation method of the entire system when changing the management target implementation, and does not need to be aware of the management target implementation and information format in the management system Can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the information conversion means in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the conversion rule registration means in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of a conversion rule registration file in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 OSI Protocol Processing Means 2 Information Editing Means 3 Information Converting Means 4 Communication Managing Means 5 Communication Rule Registering Means 6 Management Information Bases 7 Conversion Rule Registering Files 8 Terminal Devices 10 Management Systems 11 Managed Systems 12 Management Targets

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In an open managed system having a non-open system as a management target, existing OSI protocol processing means for communicating with the management system according to the OSI protocol and information from each management target are reconfigured and edited. Information editing means, a management information base which is a virtual database for accumulating information reconstructed by the information editing means, an information converting means for converting information from a management target into the OSI format, and a conversion rule used by the information converting means. A conversion rule registration file for registering and storing the information, a conversion rule registration means for inputting conversion rule registration and change information from a terminal device, and an existing communication management means for communicating according to a separate protocol for each management target. A characteristic network management implementation system.