KR101071376B1 - Apparatus for maintaining internet protocol network equipment using internet protocol network quality information - Google Patents

Abstract

IP network equipment management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, UTP port for Ethernet (ethernet) connection with one or more IP network equipment; A TCP / IP communication unit for performing TCP / IP communication with the at least one IP network device and the UTP terminal; A serial port for serial communication with the one or more IP network equipment; And a management control unit controlling reboot of the at least one IP network device by measuring a quality of service through network packet transmission to the at least one IP network device.

Description

IP network equipment management device using IP network quality information {APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING INTERNET PROTOCOL NETWORK EQUIPMENT USING INTERNET PROTOCOL NETWORK QUALITY INFORMATION}

The present invention relates to an IP network equipment management apparatus. More particularly, the IP network equipment hangs up by continuously monitoring the service delay time of the IP network equipment through IP network quality measurement or resource status measurement of the IP network equipment. The present invention relates to an IP network equipment management device that controls the restarting operation before entering the () state and automatically restarts the IP network equipment that has entered the hang up state to improve the stability of the IP network operation.

The IP-based network constituting the Internet is composed of various kinds of devices. Traditionally, configuration management for network devices has mainly been based on a character-based command line interface (CLI). However, the CLI adopts a different method for each device manufacturer, which makes the configuration management of a network of different types of devices inefficient.

Devices that make up an IP network may fall into an out-of-service state that does not serve properly for the purpose of network configuration. In particular, the power of the IP network equipment is normally supplied, but the IP network equipment frequently enters a hang-up state in which the IP network equipment cannot transmit data normally due to a defect in the operating software of the IP network equipment.

According to the related art, when a failure occurs in the IP network equipment located at a remote location with a manager, it is difficult to determine the cause of the failure, and the time required for the administrator to move directly to a remotely located IP network equipment to repair the failure is considerable. In case of failure, inevitably coping with it is inevitable. According to the problems of the prior art, the development of IP network equipment management technology that can operate the IP network equipment more smoothly and efficiently is required.

The present invention has been made to improve the prior art as described above, the IP network equipment hangs up by continuously monitoring the service delay time of the IP network equipment through the measurement of the IP network quality or the resource status of the IP network equipment It is an object of the present invention to provide an IP network equipment management device for controlling the stability of the IP network equipment by automatically restarting the IP network equipment which has entered a hang-up state and controlling the restarting before entering the () state.

In order to achieve the above object and solve the problems of the prior art, IP network equipment management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, UTP port for Ethernet (ethernet) connection with one or more IP network equipment; A TCP / IP communication unit for performing TCP / IP communication with the at least one IP network device and the UTP terminal; A serial port for serial communication with the one or more IP network equipment; And a management control unit controlling reboot of the at least one IP network device by measuring a quality of service through network packet transmission to the at least one IP network device.

According to the IP network equipment management apparatus of the present invention, by monitoring the service delay time of the IP network equipment continuously and controlling the IP network equipment to be restarted before entering the hang-up state, to ensure the stability of the IP network equipment operation You can get the effect.

In addition, according to the IP network equipment management apparatus of the present invention, when the IP network equipment has entered a hang up state, the IP network equipment is hanged up by controlling the IP network equipment to be restarted immediately. The effect of minimizing the damage of IP network service operation due to this can be obtained.

In addition, according to the IP network equipment management device of the present invention, by restarting the IP network equipment through the telephone call number and the authentication number of the administrator, the administrator can operate the IP network equipment more stably by remotely dialing and entering the authentication number. You can get the effect of doing so.

In addition, according to the IP network equipment management apparatus of the present invention, if the restart control is impossible due to serious defects in the hang up state and resource state of the IP network equipment, the IP network equipment is cut off by supplying power to the IP network equipment. By forcibly restarting the system, the system can flexibly cope with a serious IP network equipment incapable state.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an IP network management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an IP network management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the IP network management apparatus 100 includes a PSTN port 110, an information recognizing unit 120, a UTP port 130, a TCP / IP communication unit 140, and a first serial port 150. ), A second serial port 160, a management control unit 170, and a power supply control unit 180.

UTP port 130 may be connected to the Ethernet (ethernet) with one or more IP network equipment. The UTP port 130 may include one or more RJ45 standard connection tabs for Ethernet connection with IP network equipment.

The TCP / IP communication unit 140 may perform TCP / IP communication with the one or more IP network equipment through the UTP terminal. The TCP / IP communication unit 140 may be implemented with various kinds of processors capable of TCP / IP communication.

The first serial port 150 performs serial communication with the one or more IP network equipment. The first serial port 150 may be connected to each other through serial communication with the one or more IP network equipment.

The management control unit 170 controls the reboot of the one or more IP network equipment by measuring the quality of service through network packet transmission to the one or more IP network equipment. The network packet may include any one or more of a DHCP packet, an HTTP packet, an SMTP packet, and a DNS packet. That is, the management control unit 170 generates a network packet including any one or more of a DHCP packet, an HTTP packet, an SMTP packet, and a DNS packet, and transmits the generated network packet to an IP address registered in an internal registry. Can be recorded.

For example, the management controller 170 may transmit the network packet to the first IP network equipment of the one or more IP network equipment. The management controller 170 compares a reply result received from the first network equipment with a predetermined threshold value in response to the network packet transmission. If the comparison result is that the reply result exceeds the threshold, the management control unit 170 transmits the reply result to the central control center. The management controller 170 may control the reboot of the first IP network equipment through the serial communication under the control of the central control center.

The management controller 170 may control the reboot of the one or more IP network equipment by measuring a state of the IP network equipment serially connected through the first serial port 150 with the one or more IP network equipment. For example, the management controller 170 may control the reboot of the one or more IP network equipment through CPU state measurement, memory state measurement, and network state measurement of the IP network equipment.

As a result of the resource state measurement, the management control unit 170 generates and transmits an emergency packet to the central control center when the resource state of the first IP network equipment is being used for the selected range, and according to the control of the central control center. The reboot of the first IP network equipment can be controlled. For example, when it is determined that the CPU or memory state of the first IP network equipment is 90% or more in use, the management controller 170 determines that the state of the first IP network equipment is not normal and the central control center. The reboot of the first IP network equipment can be controlled through the control of the control.

The management control unit 170 transmits a ping packet at every cycle selected as the first IP network device among the one or more IP network devices, and receives a result corresponding to the ping packet transmission from the first IP network device. Determine whether the first IP network equipment operates normally.

If the result corresponding to the ping packet transmission from the first IP network equipment is not returned by a predetermined number of times (for example, three times), the management controller 170 sends a DHCP packet to the first IP network equipment. The quality of service of the first IP network device may be measured by transmitting a network packet including at least one of an HTTP packet, an SMTP packet, and a DNS packet. The management controller 170 may report the measurement result to the central control center when the service quality measurement result value through the network packet exceeds the selected threshold value.

In addition, when the service quality measurement result value through the network packet transmission exceeds the predetermined threshold value, the management control unit 170 resources of the first IP network equipment through serial communication of the first serial port 150. The condition can be measured. If the resource state of the first IP network equipment is abnormally operated as a result of the resource state measurement, the management controller 170 may report this to the central control center and control the reboot of the first IP network equipment.

The management controller 170 may measure a resource state of the first network equipment after a predetermined time has elapsed since the first IP network equipment is rebooted. The management controller 170 determines that the resource status of the first network equipment is being used as much as a predetermined range, that is, when it is determined that the resource status of the first network equipment is being operated abnormally, the first network. Reboot control of the equipment.

The management controller 170 may monitor the ping packet of the first IP network device when it is determined that the resource state of the first IP network device is normally operated as a result of the resource state measurement of the first network device. Can be. That is, the management controller 170 transmits a ping packet every selected period to the first IP network equipment, and whether the first IP network equipment normally receives a result corresponding to the transmitted ping packet from the IP network equipment. It is possible to determine whether the network equipment is operating normally.

When the ping packet is normally performed, the management controller 170 may transmit a network packet to the first IP network device to measure a quality of service. As a result of the service quality measurement through the network packet transmission, when the service quality of the first IP network equipment is not normal, the management control unit 170 may monitor the resource state through the serial communication and report to the central control center. The reboot of the first IP network equipment may be controlled.

The power supply controller 180 controls the power supply to the one or more IP network equipment. That is, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the power of one or more IP network equipment may be implemented to be supplied and cut off under the control of the power supply controller 180 of the IP network equipment management apparatus.

When the control of the control of the one or more IP network equipment through the TCP / IP communication or the serial communication is impossible, the management control unit 170 of the one or more IP network equipment is controlled through the power supply control of the power supply control unit 180. You can control the reboot.

The management control unit 170 records the service quality measurement result value of the IP network equipment in the memory every time the service quality measurement is performed through the network packet transmission, and measures the average of the service quality measurement result values of the IP network equipment recorded in the memory. If this value is exceeded, it can be reported to the central control center to control the reboot of the IP network equipment. That is, the management control unit 170 can continuously record the service quality measurement results of the IP network equipment to achieve stability of the IP network service quality of the IP network equipment by calculating the average of each result value.

PSTN port 110 is connected to a PSTN network.

When the information recognizing unit 120 receives the PSTN signal from the outside through the PSTN port 110, the information recognizing unit 120 recognizes a caller ID and an authentication number from the PSTN signal and transmits it to the management control unit 170.

In this case, the management controller 170 maintains an administrator caller ID and an administrator authentication number corresponding to each of the one or more administrators. When the caller ID and the authentication number received from the information recognition unit 120 are the same as any one of the one or more administrator caller ID and the administrator authentication number, the management controller 170 controls the reboot of the one or more IP network equipment. can do.

That is, according to an embodiment of the present invention, even if the administrator is located remotely from the IP network management apparatus 100, the administrator can control the reboot of the IP network equipment located at a remote location through the dial-up and authentication number input. have.

Hereinafter, a series of operation flows for IP network equipment management of the IP network management apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The management controller 170 may generate a DHCP packet, an HTTP packet, an SMTP packet, or a DNS packet by referring to a measurement point IP address registered in an internal registry for quality measurement of the IP network. The generated packet may be converted into a TCP / IP packet through the TCP / IP communication unit 140 and transmitted through the UTP port 130. The management control unit 170 records a result returned from the IP network in response to the transmission of the DHCP packet, the HTTP packet, the SMTP packet, and the DNS packet, and compares the result value with a predetermined threshold value. If the result value exceeds the threshold, the management control unit 170 reports it to the central control center, and records the result value in the internal memory.

At this time, the result values recorded in the memory maintain the average value, and if the average exceeds a certain ratio, the management control unit 170 may report it to the central control center. In addition, the management controller 170 may continuously monitor the result by transmitting a ping packet to the registered point. As a result of the monitoring, if the value does not come more than the number of times selected for the ping packet transmission (for example, three times), the value is not returned by checking the result value of the DHCP packet, the HTTP packet, the SMTP packet, and the DNS packet. After confirming, attempt to connect to the device connected to the first serial port 150 can check the CPU, Memory, Network status of the device.

At this time, if the CPU, memory state is used more than 90%, the management control unit 170 generates an emergency packet to the central center and transmits it through the TCP / IP communication unit 140 and the UTP port 130 to control the central control center. Wait. The central control center makes a situation determination and transmits a restart packet to the IP network equipment management apparatus 100.

When the control unit 170 receives a 'no' signal from the central control center, the control unit 170 may terminate the emergency situation and perform a service quality check through network packet transmission again. In addition, when receiving a 'yes' signal from the central control center, the management controller 170 may control the reboot by transmitting a restart command to the IP network equipment through the first serial port 150.

At this time, when it is impossible to check and transmit information through the first serial port 150, the management control unit 170 is a power supply control unit 180 to temporarily block the AC / DC power under the control of the central control center. To send. The power supply control unit 180 may stop supplying power of the IP network equipment for 1 second when the power supply control command is received from the management control unit 170, and then supply power again.

After that, if the control signal does not come from the central control center, the control unit 170 checks the CPU, memory, and network status of the IP network equipment without attempting to shut down the power for 30 minutes. ping packet) monitoring. If this process is also normally performed, the management control unit 170 may measure the quality of service of the IP network through the transmission of DHCP packets, HTTP packets, SMTP packets, DNS packets. In addition, the management control unit 170 provides the central control center with the reboot time and IP information of the IP network equipment, and the central control center records this in a database to provide quality measurement information and reboot information for each IP network equipment and region. It can be used as data for network equipment exchange and expansion.

As described above, the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which can be variously modified and modified by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Modifications are possible. Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should be understood only by the claims set forth below, and all equivalent or equivalent modifications thereof will belong to the scope of the present invention.

100: IP network equipment management device
110: PSTN port
120: information recognition unit
130: UTP port
140: TCP / IP communication unit
150: first serial port
160: second serial port
170: management control unit
180: power supply control unit

Claims (13)

A UTP port for an Ethernet connection with one or more IP network equipment;
A TCP / IP communication unit for performing TCP / IP communication with the at least one IP network device and the UTP terminal;
A serial port for serial communication with the one or more IP network equipment; And
It includes a management control unit for controlling the reboot (reboot) of the at least one IP network equipment by measuring the quality of service through the network packet transmission to the at least one IP network equipment,
The management control unit transmits the network packet to a first IP network device among the one or more IP network devices, and compares a reply result received from the first network device with a predetermined threshold value, and compares the result of the comparison. If the reply result exceeds the threshold, transmit the reply result to the central control center and control the reboot of the first IP network equipment through the serial communication under the control of the central control center. Network equipment management device. The method of claim 1,
The network packet transmitted to the at least one IP device is IP network equipment management apparatus comprising at least one of a DHCP packet, HTTP packet, SMTP packet, and DNS packet. delete The method of claim 1,
The management control unit IP network equipment management apparatus, characterized in that for controlling the reboot of the one or more IP network equipment through the resource status measurement through the serial communication with the one or more IP network equipment. The method of claim 4, wherein
The resource state measurement may include at least one of a CPU state measurement, a memory state measurement, and a network state measurement of the IP network equipment. The method of claim 4, wherein
The management control unit generates and transmits an emergency packet to a central control center when the resource state of the first IP network equipment is in use within a predetermined range of the one or more IP network equipment, and controls the control unit according to the control of the central control center. 1 IP network equipment management device, characterized in that for controlling the reboot of the IP network equipment. The method of claim 1,
The management controller transmits a ping packet every selected period of the one or more IP network equipments as a first IP network equipment, and selects a result corresponding to the ping packet transmission from the first IP network equipment. If no reply is received, the network packet is transmitted to the first IP network equipment to measure the quality of service through a reply result, the resource state of the first IP network equipment is measured through the serial communication, and the measured service is measured. And controlling the reboot of the first IP network equipment according to the control of the central control center by transmitting the quality and the resource status to the central control center. The method of claim 1,
The management control unit measures a resource state of the first network device after a predetermined time elapses from the time point at which the first IP network device is rebooted among the one or more IP network devices, and as a result of the measurement, the first IP network device If the resource state of the network is in use for a predetermined range, the reboot of the first network equipment is controlled again, and if it is determined that the resource state of the first IP network equipment is normal, the first IP network equipment And monitoring the ping packet and transmitting the network packet to the first IP network device when the ping packet is normally performed to measure a quality of service. The method of claim 1,
Power supply control unit for controlling the power supply to the at least one IP network equipment
IP network equipment management apparatus further comprising a. 10. The method of claim 9,
If it is impossible to reboot the control of the one or more IP network equipment through the serial port, the management controller controls the reboot of the one or more IP network equipment through the power supply control of the power supply controller. Equipment management device. The method of claim 1,
The management controller records a service quality measurement result value of the first IP network device among the one or more IP network devices in a memory each time, and an average of the service quality measurement result values of the first IP network device recorded in the memory is changed. If the selected value is exceeded, the IP network equipment management apparatus for controlling the reboot of the first IP network equipment by reporting to the central control center. The method of claim 1,
A PSTN port connected to a PSTN network; And
In case of receiving a PSTN signal from the outside through the PSTN port, an information recognizing unit recognizes a caller ID and an authentication number from the PSTN signal and transmits it to the management controller.
IP network equipment management apparatus further comprising a. The method of claim 12,
The management controller maintains a manager caller ID and a manager authentication number corresponding to each of the one or more managers, and the caller ID and the authentication number received from the information recognition unit are among the one or more manager caller IDs and manager authentication numbers. If the same as each one, IP network equipment management apparatus characterized in that for controlling the reboot of the one or more IP network equipment.

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