WO2017167076A1

WO2017167076A1 - Device management method and apparatus

Info

Publication number: WO2017167076A1
Application number: PCT/CN2017/077542
Authority: WO
Inventors: 刘云
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2016-03-29
Filing date: 2017-03-21
Publication date: 2017-10-05
Also published as: CN107241207A; CN107241207B

Abstract

A device management method and apparatus. The device management method comprises: allocating device identifier information to each of interconnected optical distribution frame (ODF) devices, the device identifier information comprising a protocol (IP) address for interconnection between a device management number and a network, and a same IP address being allocated to each of the interconnected ODF devices; and adding each of the interconnected ODF devices according to the device identifier information. By means of embodiments of the present invention, IP resources are saved, and consumption of physical and management resources related to communication circuits are reduced.

Description

Device management method and device

Technical field

This document relates to, but is not limited to, the field of communications, and in particular, to a device management method and apparatus.

Background technique

The Optical Distribution Network (ODN) device is an FTTx based on Passive Optical Network (PON) equipment. FTTx is a new generation of fiber-optic user access network for connecting to telecom operators. And an end user) optical cable network, which functions to provide an optical transmission channel between an optical line terminal (OLT) and an optical network unit (ONU); usually a fiber optic cable and an optical connector. The optical splitter and the associated equipment for connecting these devices. The traditional ODN is a passive network. Each node device is a dumb resource. There is no frame format definition for transmitting services. There is no overhead byte definition for network management. It cannot terminate the service signal transmitted by the optical fiber. Has management and maintenance features. Therefore, traditional ODN has only simple and original management and maintenance measures. ODN management and maintenance are all dependent on labor, and there are problems such as low efficiency and error. Intelligent ODN is a new solution to solve the traditional ODN management problem.

There are three types of devices in the intelligent ODN: the Intelligent Optical Distribution Frame (ODF), the Intelligent Optical Control Box (OCC), and the Optical Fiber Distribution Box (ODB). ). Among them, the intelligent ODF is mainly an active mode, providing real-time monitoring and real-time management. The management mode is mainly that the network management is managed by the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) protocol, and the network management system uses the SNMP to the active intelligent ODF. Device configuration management, alarm management, and service management.

At present, an active intelligent ODF device is configured with an IP address in an actual application. In engineering, an active intelligent ODF device needs to be assigned an IP address and a communication circuit is separately scheduled. In the ODF room, the number of devices is large, and the number of ODF devices in a region is large. If each ODF is allocated an IP resource, the IP management address consumption and the physical and management resources related to the communication circuit are consumed.

For the related art, the problem of IP management address consumption caused by different IP addresses assigned to each intelligent ODF device and the physical and management resource consumption of the communication circuit is large, and an effective solution has not been proposed.

Summary of invention

The following is an overview of the topics detailed in this document. This Summary is not intended to limit the scope of the claims.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a device management method and apparatus, which can reduce IP address consumption and reduce communication circuit physical and management resource consumption.

According to an aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, a device management method is provided, including:

Assigning device identification information to each of the optical fiber distribution frame ODF devices connected to each other; wherein the device identification information includes a device management number and a protocol IP address interconnected between the networks, and each of the interconnected ODF devices Is configured with the same IP address;

Each of the ODF devices connected to each other is added according to the device identification information.

Optionally, allocating device identification information to each ODF device connected to each other includes:

Allocating the device management number to each of the mutually connected ODF devices, where the device management number and the device unique identifier ID of the ODF device are in a one-to-one mapping relationship;

Assigning an IP address to the access ODF device in the interconnected ODF device;

The access ODF device is an ODF device that communicates with the network management system through a communication line, and the access ODF device stores the mapping relationship.

Optionally, each smart ODF device that is connected to each other is added according to the device identification information, including:

Adding the access ODF device according to the IP address in the device identification information;

Adding an interconnected ODF device other than the access ODF device according to the mapping relationship saved in the added access ODF device.

Optionally, after adding each of the mutually connected ODF devices according to the device identification information, the device management method further includes:

Each ODF device is accessed according to the device identification information.

Optionally, the device management number information includes a simple network management protocol SNMP management port number.

According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a device management apparatus is provided, including:

The distribution module is configured to allocate device identification information to each of the optical fiber distribution frame ODF devices connected to each other; wherein the device identification information includes a device management number and an IP address, and each of the interconnected ODF devices is configured Have the same IP address;

And adding a module, configured to add each ODF device connected to each other according to the device identification information.

Optionally, the allocation module includes:

a first allocation unit, configured to allocate the device management number to each of the ODF devices connected to each other; wherein the device management number and the device ID of the ODF device are in a one-to-one mapping relationship;

The second allocation unit is configured to allocate an IP address to the access ODF device in the interconnected ODF device, where the access ODF device is an ODF device that communicates with the network management system through a communication line, and the access ODF device The device saves the mapping relationship.

Optionally, the adding module includes:

a first adding unit, configured to add the access ODF device according to the IP address in the device identification information;

And a second adding unit, configured to add, according to the added mapping relationship saved in the access ODF device, an ODF device that is connected to each other except the access ODF device.

Optionally, the device management apparatus further includes:

The access module is configured to access each ODF device according to the device identification information.

Optionally, the device management number includes an SNMP management port number.

Compared with the related art, the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes: assigning device identification information to each ODF device connected to each other, where the device identification information includes device management number information and IP address information, and each connected to each other The IP address information of an ODF device is the same; each intelligent ODF device connected to each other is added according to the device identification information, which solves the problem that the intelligent ODF device management in the related art has the IP management address consumption and the physical and management resource consumption related to the communication circuit. Problem, to achieve an IP address and manage multiple devices at the same time, saving IP resources and communication circuits The consumption of physical and administrative resources.

Other aspects will be apparent upon reading and understanding the drawings and detailed description.

BRIEF abstract

1 is a flowchart of a device management method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flow chart of a device management method of an example of the present invention;

3 is another flow chart of a device management method of an example of the present invention;

4 is a structural block diagram of a device management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing another structure of a device management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed

Embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the features in the embodiments and the embodiments in the present application may be arbitrarily combined with each other.

It is to be understood that the terms "first", "second" and the like in the specification and claims of the present invention are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not necessarily used to describe a particular order or order.

A device management method is provided in this embodiment. FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a device management method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG.

Step (S) 102: assigning device identification information to each of the interconnected optical fiber distribution frame (ODF) devices; wherein the device identification information includes device management number information and protocol (IP) address information interconnected between the networks The above IP address information of each ODF device connected to each other is the same;

Step 104: Add each smart ODF device that is connected to each other according to the device identification information.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the application scenario of the foregoing device management method includes, but is not limited to, management of the intelligent ODF device, which can be used for the end and distribution of the central end trunk optical cable in the optical fiber communication system, which can be conveniently implemented. Connection, distribution and scheduling of fiber optic lines. In the intelligent ODN network, the device adds a power module and a communication module, and the network management system can communicate with the intelligent ODF device in real time for management. In this application scenario, device identification information is allocated to each of the optical fiber distribution frame ODF devices connected to each other, wherein the device identification information includes a device management number and an IP address; each of the interconnected ODF devices is configured with The same IP address; added according to the above device identification information Each ODF device connected to each other. That is to say, the interconnected ODF device is added to the intelligent ODN network device management system by using an IP address, and the related technology has an IP address that can only manage one ODF device and has an IP management address consumption and a communication circuit related. The problem of physical and management resource consumption, reaching one IP address and managing multiple devices at the same time, saving IP resources and reducing the consumption of physical and management resources related to communication circuits.

In an optional implementation manner, step 102 is implemented by the following technical solution: allocating device identification information to each ODF device connected to each other includes: assigning a device management number to each ODF device connected to each other, where The device management number is a one-to-one mapping relationship with the device ID of the ODF device, and an IP address is allocated to the access ODF device in the interconnected ODF device, where the access ODF device communicates with the network management system through the communication line. In the ODF device, the foregoing access ODF device stores the foregoing mapping relationship.

In an optional example, the step 104 is implemented by the following technical solution: adding each of the ODF devices connected to each other according to the device identification information includes: adding the foregoing access ODF device according to the foregoing IP address in the device identification information; The foregoing mapping relationship saved in the access ODF device adds an interconnected ODF device other than the access ODF device.

In another optional example, after adding each of the interconnected ODF devices according to the device identification information, the device management method further includes: accessing each ODF device according to the device identification information.

In another optional example, the device management number information includes an SNMP management port number.

Based on the technical solutions of the foregoing embodiments and examples, the foregoing technical solutions are described below in conjunction with an embodiment.

Intelligent ODN (Optical Distribution Network) Network Equipment Management System: The subsystem of the Telecommunications Network Management System (EMS), focusing on the intelligent management of ODN equipment, based on Geographic Information System (GIS) and R Intelligent Identification System, to realize optical network equipment. Accurate positioning, referred to as the network management system in this embodiment.

Device ID: In a smart ODN network, each managed device is assigned a device ID that uniquely identifies itself for management.

SNMP port and device ID correspondence information: A relationship table in which each device ID and the assigned SNMP port are assigned one by one.

Step A: The intelligent ODF devices are connected to each other in a computer room, the SNMP management port is automatically allocated in the device, and the correspondence table between the SNMP management port and the device ID is managed on at least one machine;

Step B: The managed communication line is connected with one of the intelligent ODFs that manages the SNMP port and the device ID correspondence table, and an IP address is configured to enable communication with the network management system.

Step C: The intelligent ODF device is added to the network management system according to the IP address. The network management system automatically creates all the intelligent ODF devices according to the SNMP port and device ID mapping table.

Step D: The NMS accesses the accessed device through the IP plus the SNMP port number.

In this example, a device management method is provided. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a device management method according to an example of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the device adding process in the device management method includes:

Step 202: Establish a connection between the intelligent ODF devices, and perform related communication between the devices; as shown in FIG. 101;

Step 204: The device automatically allocates an SNMP port number to the accessed device.

Step 206: Establish a relationship between the device ID and the SNMP port number; the relationship is learned and saved by one or more devices;

Step 208: Configure an IP address on the device connected to the network communication line; the IP address can be accessed by the network management system;

Step 210: Add an intelligent ODF device with the IP address on the network management device.

Step 212: After the network management device adds the IP address, read the SNMP port number and device ID relationship table on the device, add other device ID devices according to the data in the table, and save the device ID and SNMP port in the network management system. Number relationship.

In this example, a device management method is provided. FIG. 3 is another flowchart of a device management method according to an example of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the access device process in the device management method includes:

Step 302: The network management system operates the device m.

Step 304: The network management system queries the IP address and the SNMP port number of the device according to the device ID number of the device m.

Step 306: The network management system sends an SNMP packet by using an IP address and an SNMP port number.

Step 308: The packet is sent to the communication network access device, and the node device searches for the corresponding device through the SNMP port, and forwards the packet to the corresponding device m.

Step 310: After receiving the packet, the device m performs corresponding processing, and returns the response packet to the communication network access device.

Step 312: The communication network access device returns the response packet to the network management system to complete a complete SNMP operation process.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium stores computer executable instructions, and the computer executable instructions are used to execute the device management method.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a device management apparatus, including: a memory and a processor;

The processor is configured to execute program instructions in the memory;

Program instructions perform the following operations on the processor read:

Assigning device identification information to each of the interconnected ODF devices; wherein the device identification information includes a device management number and an IP address, and each of the interconnected ODF devices is configured with the same IP address;

Add each ODF device that is connected to each other based on the device identification information.

In this embodiment, a device management device is also provided. FIG. 4 is a structural block diagram of a device management device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the device management device includes:

The distribution module 42 is configured to allocate device identification information to each of the optical fiber distribution frame ODF devices connected to each other, wherein the device identification information includes a device management number and an IP address, and each of the interconnected ODF devices is configured with The same IP address;

The adding module 44 is connected to the distribution module 42 and adds each ODF device connected to each other according to the device identification information.

Through the interaction of the above modules, the adding module 44 adds each of the smart ODF devices connected to each other according to the device identification information assigned by the distribution module 42. The process of manually creating one intelligent ODF device on the network management system is solved. The network management system can automatically create an IP address. All intelligent ODF devices managed under the same time solve the problem of allocating an IP address to one device, effectively saving the resource consumption caused by IP address allocation. In turn, reaching one IP address and managing multiple devices simultaneously saves the consumption of physical and management resources related to IP resources and communication circuits.

In an alternative embodiment, the distribution module 42 includes:

The first allocating unit 422 is configured to allocate a device management number to each of the mutually connected ODF devices, where the device management number is in a one-to-one mapping relationship with the device ID of the ODF device.

The second allocating unit 424 is connected to the first allocating unit 422 and configured to allocate an IP address to the access ODF device in the interconnected ODF device, where the accessing the ODF device is to communicate with the network management system through the communication line. In the ODF device, the foregoing access ODF device stores the foregoing mapping relationship.

In an optional embodiment, the adding module 44 includes:

The first adding unit 442 is configured to add the foregoing access ODF device according to the foregoing IP address in the device identification information.

The second adding unit 444 is connected to the first adding unit 442, and configured to add, according to the foregoing mapping relationship saved in the access ODF device, an ODF device that is connected to each other except the access ODF device.

In an optional embodiment, the apparatus further includes an access module 46 configured to access each of the ODF devices based on the device identification information.

In an optional embodiment, the device management number includes an SNMP management port number.

The foregoing embodiments and examples are described in conjunction with a technical solution. FIG. 5 is another structural block diagram of a device management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the device management apparatus includes multiple intelligent ODF devices, each of which The device has a globally unique device ID. When multiple devices in a region are connected, an SNMP port and device ID mapping table is generated. The table can be stored on one device or multiple devices. An IP address is configured on the device that stores the mapping table. The NMS and the device have network communication. The NMS can access the device through the IP address.

It should be noted that each of the above modules may be implemented by software or hardware. For the latter, the foregoing may be implemented by, but not limited to, the foregoing modules are all located in the same processor; or, the modules are located in multiple In the processor.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that each of the above described modules or each of the present invention The steps may be implemented by a general-purpose computing device, which may be centralized on a single computing device or distributed across a network of computing devices. Alternatively, they may be implemented by program code executable by the computing device. Thus, they may be stored in a storage device by a computing device, and in some cases, the steps shown or described may be performed in an order different than that herein, or they may be separately fabricated into individual integrated circuits. Modules, or multiple modules or steps of them, are implemented as a single integrated circuit module. Thus, the invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

The above is only an alternative embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the above steps may be performed by a program to instruct related hardware, such as a processor, which may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, such as a read only memory, disk or optical disk. Wait. Alternatively, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may also be implemented using one or more integrated circuits. Correspondingly, each module/unit in the foregoing embodiment may be implemented in the form of hardware, for example, by implementing an integrated circuit to implement its corresponding function, or may be implemented in the form of a software function module, for example, being executed by a processor and stored in a memory. Programs/instructions to implement their respective functions. The invention is not limited to any specific form of combination of hardware and software.

The embodiments disclosed in the present application are as described above, but the descriptions are only for the purpose of understanding the present application, and are not intended to limit the present application, such as the specific implementation method in the embodiments of the present invention. Any modifications and changes in the form and details of the embodiments may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure. The scope defined by the appended claims shall prevail.

Industrial applicability

The above technical solution saves IP resources and reduces the consumption of physical and management resources related to communication circuits.

Claims

A device management method comprising:

Assigning device identification information to each of the optical fiber distribution frame ODF devices connected to each other; wherein the device identification information includes a device management number and a protocol IP address interconnected between the networks, and each of the interconnected ODF devices Is configured with the same IP address;

Each of the ODF devices connected to each other is added according to the device identification information.
The device management method according to claim 1, wherein the allocating device identification information to each ODF device connected to each other comprises:

Allocating the device management number to each of the mutually connected ODF devices; wherein the device management number and the device unique identifier ID of the ODF device are in a one-to-one mapping relationship;

Assigning an IP address to the access ODF device in the interconnected ODF device;

The access ODF device is an ODF device that communicates with the network management system through a communication line, and the access ODF device stores the mapping relationship.
The device management method according to claim 2, wherein the adding each of the ODF devices connected to each other according to the device identification information comprises:

Adding the access ODF device according to the IP address in the device identification information;

Adding an interconnected ODF device other than the access ODF device according to the added mapping relationship saved in the access ODF device.
The device management method according to claim 1, after the adding each of the mutually connected ODF devices according to the device identification information, the device management method further includes:

Each ODF device is accessed according to the device identification information.
The device management method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein

The device management number includes a simple network management protocol SNMP management port number.
A device management device, the device management device comprising:

The distribution module is configured to allocate device identification information to each of the optical fiber distribution frame ODF devices connected to each other; wherein the device identification information includes a device management number and an IP address, and the interconnection is Each ODF device is configured with the same IP address;

And adding a module, configured to add each ODF device connected to each other according to the device identification information.
The device management apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the allocation module comprises:

a first allocation unit, configured to allocate the device management number to each of the ODF devices connected to each other; wherein the device management number and the device ID of the ODF device are in a one-to-one mapping relationship;

The second allocation unit is configured to allocate an IP address to the access ODF device in the interconnected ODF device, where the access ODF device is an ODF device that communicates with the network management system through a communication line, and the access ODF device The device saves the mapping relationship.
The device management apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the adding module comprises:

a first adding unit, configured to add the access ODF device according to the IP address in the device identification information;

And a second adding unit, configured to add, according to the added mapping relationship saved in the access ODF device, an ODF device that is connected to each other except the access ODF device.
The device management device according to claim 6, wherein the device management device further comprises:

The access module is configured to access each ODF device according to the device identification information.
A device management apparatus according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein

The device management number includes an SNMP management port number.