JPH11353254A - Network managing device and storage medium in which network managing program is recorded - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a network managing device and program which can ex tract, register, store, and display with respect to network constituent devices and perform maintenance management regarding devices by reading device information that a user requires. SOLUTION: An information gathering part 11 is equipped with a cache 13 wherein information on the constituent devices connected by a network is gathered and stored, a storage part 14 which manages information on constituent devices meeting conditions, a display device 19, a display process part 16, an input means 18, an input control means 17, and a control part 15 which sends input information to the storage part 14, cache 13, and information gathering part 12 and makes a request display the management information in the storage part 14, and the control part 15 can extract constituent devices from information on the entirety according to input from the input device 18 and edit the constituent devices, and displays the edited constituent devices on the display device 19. According to importance and use frequencies, the display style of the constituent devices may be changed variously.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a LAN (Local Are)
a) a network management apparatus or a network management program used for managing a network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, networks that enable transmission of information by connecting a plurality of host computers and terminals by electric wires, optical fibers, or wirelessly have been actively used. In a LAN that is a relatively small-scale network, for example, a cable is laid in a premises, between host computers and between a host computer and a terminal, or
Terminals such as computers are connected to peripheral devices.

As described above, the number of computers and peripheral devices connected to and used on a network is increasing, and it is very important to grasp the configuration on the network for maintenance and management of the network. .

[0004] However, the number of devices connected to the network is expected to further increase. In this case, it is difficult to always understand all the devices on the network, and only the devices on the network requested by the user are managed and grasped. It is expected that it will be necessary.

[0005] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a network management apparatus for managing devices on a network is disclosed in, for example, JP-A-6-124256.

That is, the network management device described in the publication discloses a network configuration diagram and attribute data on a display means based on attribute data of network components stored in a database, so that a current network management device can display the current configuration. It manages the state of the network.

[0007] Further, a component of the network designated by the designation means is designated, and the component of the network is edited by the screen editing means based on the designated information.
Further, a virtual route of the network is searched for and displayed by the route searching means based on the edited network information.

Next, the technical contents described in the above publication, which is a prior art, will be specifically described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a network management apparatus, in which 1 is a network management database, 2 is a database management unit, 3 is a graphical user interface unit, 4 is a display processing unit, 5 is a display device,
6 is a dialogue management unit, 7 is an input device, 8 is screen editing means, 9
Is a route search means.

The network management database 1 stores attribute data of network components and is constituted by an object-oriented database, which enables high-speed search and network configuration devices accompanying various network changes. Can easily be added or deleted, or attribute data can be changed.

The database management unit 2 is connected to the graphical user interface unit 3 and the route search means 9 and retrieves attribute data of network components stored in the network management database 1 according to an instruction, or changes attribute data, Processing for the network management database 1, such as addition and deletion of network components, is performed.

[0011] Graphical user interface unit 3
Is composed of a display processing unit 4, a dialog management unit 6, and a screen editing unit 8, and is based on attribute data of network components obtained through the database management unit 2, route information obtained from the route searching unit 9, and the like. The display data is created and displayed on the display device 5, and the network information is edited and processed based on the information input from the input device 7.

The display processing unit 4 displays display information such as a network configuration diagram and attribute data from the screen editing unit 8 on the display device 5, and changes a display state or provides a user with a command according to an instruction from the dialog management unit 6. Display input, etc.

The dialogue management unit 6 acquires information input from the input device 7 and, in accordance with the input instruction, a screen editing unit 8
To edit the network information, request the display processing unit 4 to change the display state, and display the input instruction to the user.

As the input device 7, a known input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, a digitalizer, and a light pen can be used. The screen editing unit 8 includes the database management unit 2
Requesting the display processing unit 4 to display the configuration of the network, the attribute data, and the like based on the attribute data of the network components obtained via the network, and switching the wiring of the network according to the instruction from the dialog management unit 6 Also, it adds or deletes network components, changes attribute data, etc., requests the route searching means 9 to search the route of the changed network, and updates the display information based on the result. If necessary, the database management unit 2 is requested to update the edited network component device and the attribute data of the component device.

The route search means 9 includes a database management unit 2
Attribute data of network components obtained via
Alternatively, based on the attribute data of the network component devices edited by the screen editing unit 8, the connection relation of each component device is searched, a network path is searched, and the result is passed to the screen editing unit 8.

[0016]

As described above, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
According to the network management device described in JP-A-124256, it is possible to simulate a network by interacting with a user, for example, when switching the wiring of a network relay station, or when adding or deleting a component device, or This is useful in that the connection state of the network at the time of occurrence of a failure or the like can be grasped by simulation.

However, in the network management device described in the above publication, the simulation of the network is only completed, or when the actual network is replaced with only the necessary network devices, the simulation is performed as if it does not actually exist. There was a problem of becoming.

In other words, the technology described in the publication has a function of displaying an actual network and a function of simulating the network. However, in recent years, the number of devices connected to the network has increased, and the number of devices connected to the network has increased. It is necessary to browse the information of the device required by the user and maintain and manage the information as needed, not all information.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems. The present invention allows devices existing on a network to be browsed, if necessary, only by accessing information on the devices required by the user. It is an object of the present invention to provide a device capable of displaying a simple configuration to a user in an easy-to-understand manner and performing maintenance management.

[0020]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information collecting means for collecting information on constituent devices connected via a network, and information for storing and storing information collected by the information collecting means. Storage means, storage means for managing the information of the component devices stored in the information storage means, display means for displaying the component devices, and a display processing unit for controlling the display processing of the display means An input unit for inputting information about constituent devices, an input control unit for controlling an input process of the input unit, and the storage unit for storing information input from the input unit via the input control unit, the information Processing control means for notifying the storage means and the information collection means and requesting the display control means to display the information managed by the storage means on the display means. In the management apparatus, the processing control means, according to the input extraction condition from the input means,
A corresponding component device is extracted from the component devices of the network managed by the storage unit and displayed on the display unit, and the component device displayed on the display unit is editable via the input unit. A network management device characterized by the following.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the storage means further stores importance information of each component input from the input means, and the processing control means stores the importance information corresponding to the importance information. Classify the components managed by the storage means,
The display format is different according to the degree of importance described above,
The network management device according to claim 1, wherein the network management device causes the display control unit to display the information.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the network management device further includes a counting means for counting the number of times each component device is accessed, the storage means stores the counting result, and the processing control means According to the counting result,
2. The network management device according to claim 1, wherein the component devices managed by the storage unit are classified, the display mode is changed according to the degree of the counting result, and the display is displayed on the display control unit. 3. is there.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the processing control means makes the display mode different from at least one of the dimensions of each component to be displayed, the density of the added shadow, the brightness of the display color, and the display color. The network management device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the number is one.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information collecting means for collecting information on constituent devices connected via a network, an information storing means for storing and storing the information collected by the information collecting means, Storage means for managing the information of the component devices stored in the storage means, display means for displaying the component devices, a display processing unit for controlling display processing of the display means, and information on the component devices Means for inputting the information, input control means for controlling an input process of the input means, and information inputted from the input means via the input control means, the storing means, the information storing means, and the information collecting means. And processing control means for requesting display control means to display the information managed by the storage means on the display means, wherein the processing control means According to the extraction condition input from the input unit, the corresponding component device is extracted from the component devices of the network managed by the storage unit and displayed on the display unit, while the component device displayed on the display unit is A computer-readable recording medium in which a network management program for functioning as editable via the input means is recorded.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the storage means further stores importance information of each component input from the input means, and the processing control means stores the importance information corresponding to the importance information. Classify the components managed by the storage means,
The display format is different according to the degree of importance described above,
A computer-readable recording medium on which the network management program according to claim 5 is displayed on display control means.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the program further comprises counting means for counting the number of times each component device is accessed, the storage means stores the counting result, and the processing control means sets the counting result. 6. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 5, wherein the component devices managed by the storage unit are classified according to the result, the display mode is changed according to the degree of the counting result, and displayed on the display control unit. Is a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon.

According to the invention described in claim 8, the processing control means changes the display form in accordance with at least one of dimensions of each component to be displayed, shadow density to be added, brightness of display color, and display color. A computer-readable recording medium on which the network management program according to claim 6 or 7 is recorded.

[0028]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Before describing the embodiments of the present invention, first, the configuration of the entire network management apparatus for realizing the features of the present invention will be exemplified, and "extraction" in network components will be described. After that, a description will be given of “registration” of the network component devices, and a description of “display” of the network component devices, and then a process for realizing these three features will be described.

(Explanation of Overall Configuration) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a network management apparatus according to the present invention.
The overall configuration of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the figure, 10 is a user interface unit, 11
Is a communication unit, 12 is an information collection unit, 13 is a cache, 14
Is a storage unit, 15 is a control unit, 16 is a display processing unit,
17 is an input control unit, 18 is an input device, and 19 is a display device.

The user interface 10 includes the communication unit 1
1, storage unit 14, control unit 15, input control unit 1
7, a display processing unit 16, and a communication unit 11 includes an information collecting unit 12 and a cache 13.

The information collecting unit 12 is for searching a network and collecting network information, and various known searching methods can be used as a searching method. The cache 13 manages network information obtained from the information collection unit 12 and provides the managed information with information on network devices in response to a request from the control unit 15 or the storage unit 14.

The control unit 15 requests the storage unit 14 to obtain information on network components, requests the storage unit 14 to be updated, and, based on information from the storage unit 14 and the input control unit 17. It requests the display processing unit 16 to update the display, and requests the input control unit 8 for user input information.

The display processing unit 16 displays information on network components and instruction information to the user from the control unit 15 on the display device 19, and the input control unit 17 acquires information input from the input device 18. The input information is passed to the control unit 15. The input device 18
A keyboard, a mouse, a digitalizer, a light pen, a touch panel, and the display device 19 may be a known display device such as a display and a projection device.

(Explanation of Extraction) Next, "extraction" of network components will be described. The extraction of the network components is performed by specifying the network components deemed necessary by the user from the display of the actual network configuration.

This is performed by displaying the entire configuration of the network on the display device 19 and, while viewing the display device 19, using the input device 9 to specify the network components required by the user.

Information on the network configuration is collected by the information collection unit 12 and stored in the cache 13. The control unit 15 requests the cache 13 to obtain information on the configuration of the network, and passes the information to the display processing unit 16. The display processing unit 16 receives the information, and
9 shows the network configuration.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example in which the network components connected to the actual network are displayed on the display device 19, and the component devices are designated by the pointer device, which is one of the input devices 18. .

In the figure, reference numerals 20 and 21 denote computers and peripheral devices existing on the network, 22, a pointer device such as a mouse and a touch pen, and 23, a network.

Here, the computer 23 and the peripheral devices are connected to the network 23 and are network components. For example, when extracting a computer, the computer is specified by clicking on the pointer device 22 as shown in FIG.

When the network device is designated by the input device 9, the input control unit 17 sets the input device 18.
Is determined, and information of the designated network component device is transmitted to the control unit 15.

(Explanation of Registration) Next, a method of registering the information of the "extracted" network components will be described below. First, the information on the extracted network component devices is stored in the storage unit 14. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the storage unit 5, and shows that the storage unit 14 includes several objects.

In the figure, reference numeral 24 denotes a group object classified according to the importance specified by the user, 25 denotes a peripheral device object which is one of the network components, 26 denotes the importance of the network components, and 27 denotes the importance of the network components. The use frequency, 28 is the number of times of access to the network components, and 29 is a computer object which is one of the network components.

The storage unit 14 is composed of several group objects 24. The group object 24 is composed of several peripheral device objects 25 and computer objects 29, which are network device constituent devices. Is divided into groups.

The peripheral device object 25 and the computer object 29 have importance 26, frequency 27, and access number 2
Hold 8. A peripheral device object 25 and a computer object 29 are created based on the information input by the user using the input device 18, and put into the group object 24 according to the importance 26.

The degree of importance 26 indicates the degree to which the user needs information on the components of the network. For example, regarding the components of the network, those which always require information when using the network and those which sometimes It is divided into those that require information and those that occasionally require information, and the importance is assigned to 1, 2, and 3, respectively.

That is, the degree of importance 26 can be set by the user, and the degree required by the user can be arbitrarily divided, the degree of necessity of the network components can be determined, and set as the degree of importance.

The access count 28 represents the frequency of access to the network component by the user. In the present embodiment, the number of accesses to the information of the network component is counted, and the browsing frequency is calculated based on the count. ,
Can be memorized. Therefore, the usage frequency 27 can be used as a judgment material when the user judges the degree of importance of requiring the network component device.

As an example of calculating the use frequency 27, a ratio to the total number of accesses is used as the use frequency 27.
And so on. That is, each time a network device is accessed, the number of accesses 26 is increased, the usage frequency is calculated, and the usage frequency 27 is set. The access count 11 is the number of times the user accesses the network component.

(Explanation of Display) The "display" of network components registered and stored as described above will be described below. The display in the present invention includes the following four methods. 1) The information is displayed according to the required degree of the network components required by the user or the browsing frequency. 2) The size is displayed according to the required degree or browsing frequency. 3) Shadows are displayed depending on the degree required or the frequency of browsing. 4) The icons are displayed in different colors depending on the required degree or the browsing frequency.

(Description of First Display Method) The first method of “display” will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an embodiment in which the network components are displayed according to the degree of importance required by the user.

In the figure, 30 is a group of network components that the user considers very important, 31 is a group of network components that the user considers important, 32 is a group of network components that the user considers somewhat important, and 20 is the network configuration. A computer 21 is one of the devices, and a peripheral device 21 is one of the network components.

As described above, the degree required by the user is stored in the degree of importance 26 of the storage unit 14, and the degree of importance 26 can be arbitrarily changed by the user. It is shown that it is divided into three stages: very important, important, and somewhat important. Further, the network components can be grouped for each level of importance, and displayed collectively for each group. One example is shown by groups 30 to 32 of network components.

Next, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an embodiment in which tags are displayed separately on the screen for each group. The network components and their grouping are the same as in FIG.
It is displayed separately for each group.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an embodiment in which a group is displayed according to the frequency at which the user has accessed the network components. In the figure, reference numeral 33 denotes a group of network components which the user always uses, and numeral 34 denotes the user. A group of network components used occasionally, and a group 35 of network components occasionally used by the user is shown.

In this embodiment, the network components can be displayed separately according to the frequency at which the user has accessed the network components, and the frequency can be changed by the user. FIG. 6 shows, as an example, one that is divided into three stages: regular use, occasional use, and occasional use.

(Description of Second Display Method) Next, a second embodiment of “display” will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 shows an example in which the size of the group display displayed for each group and the size of the icons for displaying the network components change.

The group with the highest frequency is set to be the largest, and the frequency can be set to be smaller gradually without decreasing the frequency. In FIG. 6, the “always-used” group 33 is the largest and the “occasionally used” group 34 is displayed. , The “occasionally used” group 35 is gradually displayed smaller.

Regardless of the frequency of use, it is only necessary to set the group to be displayed the largest, or to set the order of gradually decreasing the size, and vice versa.

(Description of Third Display Method) Next, a third embodiment of "display" will be described below with reference to FIG. At each stage, a group display and a network component device can be displayed with a shadow. For example, in FIG. 6, the “occasionally used” group 33 and the “occasionally used” group 34 are displayed with shadows. . The density of the shadow can be changed according to the degree, and the shadow having the highest frequency can be set to be the lightest, and can be set to be gradually darker according to the frequency. It is also possible to set the reverse.

It goes without saying that, regardless of the magnitude of the frequency, it is also possible to set the group to be displayed lightest and to set the order of gradually decreasing the group.

Further, the frequency grouping can be displayed on the screen separately according to the frequency stage as in FIG. Also, the size setting and the setting with shadow can be set in the same manner depending on the degree of importance in the case of classification based on the degree of importance, and FIG. 6 can be regarded as one embodiment of the display.

(Description of Fourth Display Method) A fourth embodiment of “display” will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example in which the color of the icon of the network component device is changed.
Is the same as

That is, FIG. 7 shows an example in which the icons of the network components belonging to each group are colored and displayed. In FIG. 7, the display color of each group is changed.
The color change is indicated by oblique lines. The color can be changed according to the frequency by changing the lightness and saturation.
In addition, the setting of the color change can be similarly set by the frequency in the case of the classification based on the degree of importance.

(Explanation of Overall Processing) The overall processing of the present embodiment having the above-described features will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

In this embodiment, first, in step S1 (hereinafter abbreviated as S1), an initial screen is displayed (default storage unit information is displayed). Next, in the loop A, the features of the present invention are realized. Is performed.

In this processing, it is possible to view information on the entire configuration of the network, to newly register network components required by the user, and to set screen information to be displayed. This is executed by affirming the questions in S4 and S7. And loop A is S
At 11, the process is repeated until the end of the process is affirmed.

In the figure, for the sake of simplicity, a network device is referred to as a "device" and a space composed of network devices considered by a user is assumed to be described as a "virtual space".

First, in step S1, a display of network components required by the user is performed. This processing will be described later. Then, after the end of the process S1, the loop A is performed, and the conditional statements S2, S4, S7, S11 are executed.

Next, in the conditional statement S2, it is asked whether or not to see the configuration of the entire network. When the result is affirmative, in S3, information on the network components is collected, and the collected information is displayed. The collection of information on network components is performed by the communication unit 11.

The collected information is passed to the display processing unit 16 via the control unit 15, and the display processing unit 16 displays the information on the display device 19. Next, the process proceeds to the next process by ending S3 or negating the conditional statement S2.

In the conditional statement S4, it is asked whether or not to newly register a network component device required by the user. If affirmative, in S5, the information on the network component devices extracted by the user is passed to the storage unit 14, and the storage unit 14 is updated. Next, in S6,
The display screen is updated by the display processing unit 16, and the processing proceeds to the next processing by ending the processing S6 or negating the conditional statement S2.

In the conditional statement S7, it is asked whether to set screen information. If affirmative, in S8, the user inputs screen information using the input device 18, and the input information is passed to the display processing unit 16 via the input control device 17 and the control unit 15.

In S9, the display processing unit 16 updates the screen information based on the received information, and in S10, updates the screen displayed on the display device 19. The process moves to the next process by ending the process S10 or negating the conditional statement S7.

In the conditional statement S11, it is asked whether or not to end. If so, the system ends. If not, the process returns to S2, and the conditional statements S2, S4, S7,
S11 is repeated, and the above operation is repeated until conditional statement S11 is affirmed.

Next, the display of network components required by the user in step S1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 shows that immediately after starting the tool of the present invention,
9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process for displaying network components.

The information on the network components stored in the storage unit 14 is passed to the display processing unit 16 via the control unit 15, and the information is displayed on the display device 19 by the display processing unit 16.

First, in S12, it is confirmed whether or not a network component device exists in the storage unit 14. If the determination is affirmative, in S13, the display processing unit 16 checks the setting of the screen information. Update the displayed screen.

On the other hand, if the condition statement S12 is denied, it indicates that there is no information in the storage unit 14. Then, the end of the process S14 or the process S15 is the end of the process of S1.

The above is the description of the embodiment of the present invention. In the above description, the database management device has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It goes without saying that the present invention may be embodied as a program or software recorded on a computer-readable recording medium.
When the present invention is implemented mainly by software as described above, not only correction and change but also duplication and distribution become relatively easy, and new effects such as excellent portability can be expected.

[0080]

According to the first or fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information collecting means for collecting information of constituent devices connected via a network, an information storing means for storing and storing the information collected by the information collecting means. Storage means for managing the information of the component devices stored in the information storage means, display means for displaying the component devices, a display processing unit for controlling display processing of the display means, and component devices Input means for inputting information about the input means, input control means for controlling input processing of the input means, and information stored from the input means via the input control means is stored in the storage means, the information storage means and the information A processing control unit that requests the display control unit to display the information managed by the storage unit on the display unit, while transmitting the information to the collection unit. The processing control means extracts a corresponding component device from the component devices of the network managed by the storage device in accordance with the extraction condition input from the input device, and causes the display device to display the component device; A recording medium recording a network management device or a network management program, wherein the component device displayed on the means can be edited via the input means.

Accordingly, if necessary, only the equipment required by the user is partially extracted from the network configuration,
It is possible to display, so that the complicated configuration of the network is displayed to the user in an easy-to-understand manner, and there is an effect that a part required by the user can be understood at a glance from the entire network.

According to a second or sixth aspect of the present invention, the storage means further stores importance information of each component input from the input means, and the processing control means stores the importance information corresponding to the importance information. Classify the components managed by the storage means,
The display format is different according to the degree of importance described above,
A recording medium recording a network management device or a network management program, which is displayed on a display control unit.

Therefore, the devices on the network are classified according to the degree of importance specified by the user, and the display form is made different according to the degree. Therefore, the user considers the degree to which network devices are required and the importance. In this case, there is an effect that the user can understand these degrees at a glance.

According to a third or seventh aspect of the present invention, the network management device further comprises a counting means for counting the number of times each component device is accessed, the storage means stores the counting result, and the processing control means comprises According to the counting result,
A network management device or a network management program characterized by classifying the component devices managed by the storage unit, changing the display mode in accordance with the degree of the counting result, and displaying the display on the display control unit. It is a recording medium.

Therefore, the devices on the network are classified according to the frequency of use, and the display form is made different according to the degree, so that the user can determine the necessity of network devices and the importance of determining the importance. Thus, there is an effect that the user can understand these degrees at a glance.

According to a fourth or eighth aspect of the present invention, the processing control means changes the display mode because at least one of the dimensions of each component to be displayed, the density of the added shadow, the brightness of the display color, and the display color. It is a recording medium recording a network management device or a network management program, characterized in that it is one.

Therefore, among the devices on the network, the device with the highest importance or the frequency of use is the largest, and the size is gradually reduced according to the importance or the frequency of use, or the size of the device is reduced or displayed. By displaying, changing the density of shadows, displaying with a specific color, or changing the stage of color camouflage, the user can determine the degree to which network equipment is required or used. It is possible to see the difference, and to display the information to a certain degree, and it is an auxiliary function for the user to understand the situation at a glance.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a peripheral device integrated management tool according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example in which the entire configuration of a network is displayed using the peripheral device integrated management tool in FIG. 1, and a network device is specified and extracted using a pointer device.

FIG. 3 is a view showing an example of a screen displaying network components required by a user in the peripheral device integrated management tool according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an embodiment in which network devices required by a user are displayed according to importance according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of displaying network devices according to importance according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an embodiment in which the size of an icon or a group of icons representing a network device is changed according to the frequency of use and a shadow is added to a network device required by a user according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an embodiment in which network devices required by a user are displayed in different colors according to the frequency of use according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an overall processing outline according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating one embodiment of a screen display process immediately after the start of a tool operation according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram conceptually showing a storage configuration of a storage unit 14 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of a network management device according to the related art.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Network management database 2 Database management part 3 Graphical user interface part 4 Display processing part 5 Display device 6 Dialog management part 7 Input device 8 Double-sided edit part 9 Route search part 10 User interface 11 Communication part 12 Information collection part 13 Cache 14 Storage part Reference Signs List 15 control unit 16 display processing unit 17 input control unit 18 input device 19 display device 20 computer 21 peripheral device 22 pointer device 23 network 24 group object 25 peripheral device object 26 importance of network component device 27 frequency of use of network component device 28 network Number of access times of component devices 29 Computer object 30-35 Group of network component devices

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. An information collecting means for collecting information of component devices connected via a network, an information storing means for storing and storing information collected by the information collecting means, and an information storing means for storing information stored in the information storing means. Storage means for managing information of the component devices, display means for displaying the component devices, a display processing unit for controlling the display processing of the display means, and input means for inputting information about the component devices An input control means for controlling input processing of the input means; and information transmitted from the input means via the input control means to the storage means, the information storage means and the information collection means, and the storage means A processing control unit that requests the display control unit to display the information managed by the display unit on the display control unit. According to the extraction condition input from the input unit, the corresponding component device is extracted from the component devices of the network managed by the storage unit and displayed on the display unit, and the component device displayed on the display unit is displayed. And a network management device that can be edited via the input means. 2. The storage unit further stores importance information of each component device input from an input unit, and the processing control unit manages the storage unit in accordance with the importance information. 2. The network management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the constituent devices are classified, the display mode is changed according to the degree of importance, and displayed on a display control unit. 3. The network management device further includes a counting unit that counts the number of times each component device is accessed, the storage unit stores the counting result, and the processing control unit corresponds to the counting result. 2. The network management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the component devices managed by the storage unit are classified, the display mode is changed according to the degree of the counting result, and the display unit is displayed. . 4. The processing control means differentiating the display form is at least one of a size of each component to be displayed, a density of a shadow to be added, a brightness of a display color, and a display color. 4. The network management device according to claim 2, wherein: 5. An information collecting means for collecting information on component devices connected via a network, an information storing means for storing and storing information collected by the information collecting means, and an information storing means for storing the information stored in the information storing means. Storage means for managing the information of the component equipment; display means for displaying the component equipment; a display processing unit for controlling the display processing of the display means; and input means for inputting information about the component equipment. Input control means for controlling input processing of the input means; information input from the input means via the input control means to the storage means, information storage means and information collection means, and the storage means Processing control means for requesting display control means to display the information managed by the display means on the display means. According to the extracted condition, the corresponding component device is extracted from the component devices of the network managed by the storage unit and displayed on the display unit, and the component device displayed on the display unit is transmitted through the input unit. A computer-readable recording medium on which a network management program for functioning as an editable computer is recorded. 6. The storage unit further stores importance information of each component device input from the input unit, and the processing control unit manages the storage unit in accordance with the importance information. 6. A computer-readable recording medium recording the network management program according to claim 5, wherein the constituent devices are classified, the display mode is changed according to the degree of importance, and the display device is displayed. 7. The program further comprises counting means for counting the number of times each component device has been accessed, the storage means stores the counting result, and the processing control means corresponds to the counting result. 6. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon the network management program according to claim 5, wherein the component devices managed by the storage unit are classified, the display mode is changed according to the degree of the counting result, and the display unit is displayed. recoding media. 8. The processing control means differentiating the display form is at least one of a size of each component to be displayed, a density of a shadow to be added, a brightness of a display color, and a display color. Or a computer-readable recording medium recording the network management program according to 7.