KR101556781B1 - fault and lifetime prediction information service supply system for network eauipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a predicted failure and lifespan information service system for network equipment which includes an equipment environment information collection module and a network equipment management server. The equipment environment information collection module includes: an environment information sensor unit which is arranged in a container and detects environment information including the temperature of the network equipment, which performs network communications, and dust; and a management information collection processing unit which transmits the environment information, detected by the environment information sensor unit, through a communication network. The network equipment management server is connected through the communication network, calculates predicted failure and lifespan of the network equipment from the environment information received from the equipment environment information collection module, and provides the predicted failure and lifespan. According to the present invention, the predicted failure and lifespan information service system for network equipment can provide predicted failure and lifespan information based on data of the environment information of the network equipment. Therefore, a user can smoothly repair and replace the equipment before the equipment is unable to operate.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a network equipment predictive failure and life information service system,

The present invention relates to a network device prediction failure and a life information service system, and more particularly, to a network device prediction failure and a life time information service system capable of calculating a predicted lifetime from state information including a network environment, will be.

In general, network devices such as Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) switch (S / W), Router, Ethernet switch (S / W) and Hub are connected to Internet / And is remotely managed by a manager (Manager) connected via the Internet. The initial Internet network management provided only functions such as measuring information about the host of the other party and response time. However, as the number of network devices connected to the Internet increases and the configuration of the network becomes complicated, a newly standardized protocol for managing administrators and network devices in such a network system has been requested.

A typical example of such a standardized protocol is SNMP. SNMP is a protocol that monitors and integrates network management and network devices and their operation. It is not necessarily limited to TCP / IP (Transport Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) networks. SNMP based network management is basically performed by sending and receiving specific information between two SNMP agent (agent), which is a data link entity (entity).

The SNMP-based network management is basically a process in which the SNMP manager sends a request message (Protocol Data Unit) to the SNMP agent according to the request of the user and receives a response message (Response PDU) from the SNMP agent As a structure to perform the task. The SNMP manager can be located in a server or a personal computer (PC), and the SNMP agent exists in a target system, which is a network device such as a router or a PC. The SNMP agent is normally in the standby state, receives the request message from the SNMP manager, processes the information managed by the SNMP agent, and transmits the response message.

When a specific information is exchanged between an SNMP manager and an SNMP agent, a collection of objects corresponding to specific information and resources to be managed on the network is called an MIB. Therefore, managing the network system means to take a specific value among the MIBs provided by the managed network devices and to grasp the state of the device or to change the value thereof, so that the SNMP-based management can be referred to as MIB-based management as a result . The use of these MIBs provides a universal standardization and management of access between SNMP managers and SNMP agents under the SNMP base.

Such a network management method based on SNMP is disclosed in various publications such as Korean Patent Publication No. 2002-0090279.

However, the conventional network management method collects and manages information related to the normal operation of the network equipment, and does not take into consideration any future failure or usable life change due to the change of the usage environment over time of the equipment There is a problem that it is not possible to provide replacement information and failure information due to failure or aging.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a network equipment predictive failure and life information service system capable of providing prediction failure and life information of network equipment while monitoring environmental information including temperature .

In order to achieve the above object, a network equipment predictive failure and service life information service system according to the present invention includes an environmental information sensor unit for detecting environmental information including temperature and dust of a network equipment provided in a housing and performing network communication, A device environment information collection module including a management information collection processing unit for transferring environment information detected by the information sensor unit through a communication network; And a network equipment management server connected via the communication network and calculating and providing a predicted failure and a service life of the network equipment from environment information received from the equipment environment information collection module.

The network equipment management server may calculate the fault and the service life by reflecting the environmental information together with utilization rate information corresponding to data communication of the network equipment together.

In addition, the network equipment management server transmits alarm information to the set administrator terminal when the predicted failure or the predicted life time is reached.

The environment information sensor unit includes a temperature sensor for detecting temperature, a dust sensor for detecting dust, a humidity sensor for detecting humidity, an impact sensor for detecting a shock applied to the housing, a vibration detecting unit for detecting vibration applied to the housing, A sensor, and a current sensor for detecting a current used in the network equipment.

In addition, the network equipment management server calculates a predicted failure and a service life by a failure and life span calculation program capable of calculating the service time according to temperature, humidity, shock, vibration, and usage current for each type of network equipment A failure / life prediction processing unit for recording the calculated information in a database; An information browsing support unit for supporting predicted failure and lifetime information of network equipment recorded in a database through a user terminal connected through a communication network; And an alert information processor for processing the alarm information to the set administrator terminal when the predictive error calculated by the life predicting processor reaches a warning condition set for a life span.

According to the network device predictive failure and service life information service system according to the present invention, prediction failure and life information can be provided from the environmental information data of the network equipment, so that repair and replacement of the equipment can be determined before the disablement state and can be smoothly Provides the advantages of.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a network device predictive failure and a service life information service system according to the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an equipment environment information collection module installed in the network equipment of FIG. 1,
3 is a block diagram of the network equipment management server of FIG.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a network equipment predictive failure and a service life information service system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a network device predictive failure and life information service system according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an equipment environment information collection module installed in the network equipment of FIG. 1, A block diagram of a network device management server.

1 to 3, the network device predictive failure and lifetime information service system 100 according to the present invention includes an equipment environment information collection module 120 and a network equipment management server 150.

The equipment environment information collection module 120 detects environment information including temperature and dust concentration of the network equipment 112 provided in the enclosure 110 and performs network communication and transmits the detected environment information to the network And transmits it to the equipment management server 150.

Here, the network equipment 112 refers to an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switch, a router, an Ethernet switch, a hub, and the like.

The equipment environment information collection module 120 may be configured to collect utilization rate information corresponding to data communication of the network equipment 112 and transmit the same to the network equipment management server 150.

Here, utilization information can be constructed to collect based on the SNMP protocol.

The equipment environment information collection module 120 includes an environment information sensor unit 130, a network usage information collection unit 141, a communication unit 143, and a management information collection processing unit 145.

The environmental information sensor unit 130 detects environmental information including temperature and dust concentration in the housing 110 and provides the information to the management information collection processing unit 145. [

The environmental information sensor unit 130 includes a temperature sensor 131 for detecting a temperature, a dust sensor 132 for detecting the concentration of dust, a humidity sensor 133 for detecting humidity, A vibration sensor 135 for detecting the vibration applied to the housing 110 and a current sensor 136 for detecting the current used in the network equipment 112 are preferably applied.

The network usage information collection unit 141 collects utilization rate information corresponding to data communication performance such as a utilization rate of a central processing unit (CPU) of the network equipment 112 and a utilization rate of a memory (RAM) from the network equipment 112, Collection processing unit 145. [

The communication unit 143 is controlled by the management information collection processing unit 145 to transmit the transmission object information to the network equipment management server 150. [

The management information collection processing unit 145 collects environment information collected by the environment information sensor unit 130 and the network usage information collection unit 141 and usage rate information corresponding to data communication performed by the network equipment 112, And transmits it to the network equipment management server 150 through the communication unit 143 every cycle set together with the information.

The network device management server 150 reflects the environment information and usage rate information received from the registered device environment information collection module 120 connected and registered through the communication network 170 together with the network device 112, I.e., the predicted life span, and provides it through the user terminal.

Here, the user terminal refers to a terminal such as a computer, a smart phone, or the like that can access through a communication network.

The network device management server 150 transmits the alarm information to the administrator terminal 180 when the predicted failure and the predicted life expectancy reaches the set warning condition.

That is, the network device management server 150 can be configured such that the registered administrator terminal 180 transmits alarm information to, for example, a smart phone or an email address of the administrator.

The network device management server 150 includes a failure / life prediction processor 151, an information browsing support unit 153, a notification information processor 155, and a database 160.

The failure / life predicting processing unit 151 is a failure / life calculation program which can calculate a failure and usable time that can be generated in correspondence with temperature, humidity, shock, vibration, And records the calculated information in a database (DB)

Here, the database 160 records environmental information including the rated use temperature provided by the manufacturer for each type of network equipment 112, manufacturer, model, and reference use life information corresponding thereto, and the life prediction processor 151, Is used to calculate predicted disturbance and life span by a failure / life calculation program that calculates predicted disturbance and life span based on preset lifetime shortening rates applicable to temperature, dust, humidity, shock, vibration, Periodically, and updates the calculated prediction failure and lifetime information.

In addition, various information for performing a supported service such as unique identification information of the network device 112 registered as a management target and a communication address of an administrator terminal 180 of the administrator are recorded in the database 160.

The information browsing support unit 153 can access the prediction failure and lifetime information of the network device 112 recorded in the database 160 by the failure / lifetime prediction processing unit 151 through the user terminal connected through the communication network 170 Support.

The notification information processing unit 155 transfers the alarm information to the set administrator terminal 180 when the predictive failure calculated by the life prediction processing unit 151 or the warning condition set for the lifetime is reached.

In this case, the warning condition can be set in various ways, such as when a fault occurs in one week, or when the remaining life is six months.

According to the network equipment predictive failure and lifetime information service system 100 described above, predictive failure and life information can be provided from the environmental information data of the network equipment 112, And provides an advantage that it can be smoothly determined.

120: Equipment environment information collecting module 130: Environmental information sensor unit
150: network equipment management server 160: database

Claims (5)

An environment information sensor unit provided in the housing for detecting environmental information including temperature and dust of network equipment performing network communication; and a management information collection processing unit for transferring environment information detected by the environmental information sensor unit through a communication network A device environment information collection module;
And a network equipment management server connected to the communication network and calculating and providing a predicted failure and lifetime of the network equipment from environment information received from the equipment environment information collection module,
Wherein the network equipment management server is configured to calculate the failure and the life span by reflecting the environment information together with the utilization ratio information corresponding to the data communication of the network equipment,
The network device management server transmits alarm information to the set administrator terminal when the predicted failure or the predicted life time is reached,
The environmental information sensor unit includes a temperature sensor for detecting temperature, a dust sensor for detecting dust, a humidity sensor for detecting humidity, an impact sensor for detecting a shock applied to the housing, a vibration detecting unit for detecting vibration applied to the housing, A sensor, and a current sensor for detecting a current used in the network equipment,
The network equipment management server
A prediction failure and a life span are calculated by a failure and a life span calculation program capable of calculating the usable time corresponding to temperature, humidity, shock, vibration and use current for each type of network equipment, and the calculated information is recorded in a database A failure / lifetime prediction processing unit;
An information browsing support unit for supporting predicted failure and lifetime information of network equipment recorded in a database through a user terminal connected through a communication network;
And a notification information processing unit for processing the alarm information to the set administrator terminal when the prediction failure or the life of the alarm condition reaches the warning condition calculated by the failure / life prediction processing unit. .
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