JPH02277334A - Control system for constituted information of information network - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to the management of configuration information of nodes and lines of an information network in a management system for an information network consisting of transmission equipment, switching equipment, information processing equipment, etc. Regarding the method.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, regarding information network configuration information management methods, Nomus 88 (1988), pp. 1-14 to 14-
14 pages (NOMS '88 (1978) P pl -1
4-14-14). here,
The configuration of the information network is divided into sites, including devices and modems, and the links and transmission networks that connect these devices, network buses for connections between subscribers such as switching networks, and connections between end systems are divided into sites. It is defined as a user bus.

By understanding the connection relationships among links, network buses, and user buses, it is possible to understand the configuration information of the entire information network.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

Although the above conventional technology discusses the structure of the configuration information of the entire information network 1-work, the scope of management of the configuration information is There was no consideration given to the division of information and how to define the configuration information.

Therefore, there have been problems in that configuration information must be defined redundantly in a plurality of management devices and that configuration information of information networks that take various forms cannot be easily managed.

An object of the present invention is to avoid overlapping definitions of configuration information in multiple management devices when managing configuration information of an entire information network, and to maintain configuration management information of each subnetwork even if the information network takes various forms. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method that maintains the independence of the information network and allows easy management of the configuration information of the entire information network.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention transmits configuration information held by each subnet 1-work management device from each subnetwork management device to a central network management device that manages the entire information network, and The management device can grasp and manage the configuration information of the entire information network by only associating mutually related parts of the configuration information of each subnet 1 and work management device.

Furthermore, in order to easily associate the configuration information of each management device, the subscriber line of the transmission equipment is first displayed, the relay line of the exchange equipment or information processing equipment is associated with it, and then the subscriber line of the exchange equipment is displayed. The relay line of the information processing equipment is associated with the information processing device.

Furthermore, in order to reduce the number of incorrect settings when associating, the subscribers of transmission equipment and switching equipment are displayed in a table format, and the relay lines of switching equipment or information processing equipment are configured accordingly. Guidance is displayed on the side.

Further, in the guidance display, in order to improve the speed of the selection operation and reduce selection errors, items that have already been set are not displayed when the guidance is displayed.

Furthermore, in order to easily associate the configuration information of each management device, the network components are represented using diagrams, and the associations are made by actually connecting these diagrams using line segments. It is something.

[Effect]

Each sub-network management device of transmission equipment, switching equipment, and application equipment grasps and manages the configuration information of the network consisting of each component device, and the configuration information is transferred to the central network (°7) 1-Network Management Report to the device. Thereby, the central network management device associates configuration information between each management device, transmission equipment, switching equipment.

Since changes to the network configuration of each application device and the like are performed by each subnet 1-work management device, no errors occur in the operation of the network.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration of an information network and the configuration of a management system for the network.

This information network consists of multiplex concentrator/distributor (hereinafter simply referred to as 'L'M) 301 to 3 which are transmission equipment.
03, and packet switches 201 to 203, which are switching equipment.
Similarly, PBX (private
Branch Exchange: Private Bran
ch eXchange) 401-403, and application devices 501-512.

In addition, the network management system includes a TDM network management device 300, a packet network management device 200, and a PBX.
Network management device 400 and application network management device 50
0, and an overall management device 100 that connects to each of these management devices and manages the entire information network.

The T'DM network management device 300
30 J to 303 and the lines Q100 to fl102.30 connected to each of these devices. Manage Q200-11211.

The packet network management device 200 includes bucket switches 201 to
203 and the line Q210.203 connected to these. Q21
1. f1310. Q311゜Q202. Q203.
l1302. Q303゜Q206,020"I, Q3
06. Manage Q307.

The PBX network management device 400 manages 1) BXs 401 to 403 and the lines Q200°f1201. Q3
00. Q301. I), 2011゜f1205,130
4. f1305. Q20B.

Manage Q 209 , fi 308 , Q 309 . The application network management device 500 includes information processing devices 501 to 512 and a line Q30 connected to these devices.
0 to Q31]. The overall management device 100
'DMIIi4 management device 300. Bucket 1 to network management device 200. PBX network management device 400. It connects to the application network management device 500 and manages the entire information network.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the configuration of the overall management device 100 that implements the present invention. In this embodiment, an arithmetic and control unit 100-1 that realizes the functions, a display 100-2. It consists of a keyboard 100-3 and a mouse 100-4 as a pointing device. Further, the arithmetic and control device 100-1 is configured to control each sub-network management device 2.
Communication control program 101 that communicates with 00 to 500
a to d, configuration information w east program 102. It consists of a configuration information check block 103 and a man-machine interface control program 104.

As described above, each subnetwork management device manages the devices to be managed and the lines connected thereto, and for this purpose, it has configuration information of the network made up of the devices to be managed. FIG. 3 shows a simplified configuration information table held by the I'l)M network management device.

FIG. 3(a) shows a trunk line connection table. For example, the first column of the table is 7L'L) when the boat Pro of M2O3 (node Nz) is TDM302 (node Nx).
It shows that it is connected to the boat P20 by the relay line Ω100. FIG. 3(b) is a table showing connection relationships between TDM subscribers. For example, the first column of the table is 'I' when the subscriber line port P12 of DM301-(node N1) is i"I) M2O3 (Node N2.
) is in a connection relationship with the subscriber line P24, and its communication channel is shown to be via the relay line Q100.

FIG. 4 shows a simplified configuration information table held by the packet switching network management device, and FIG. 4(a) is a table showing the connection relationship between packet switching devices. For example, the 1st m of the same table shows that the trunk line port 1-Pto of the packet switch 201 (node Na) is connected to the trunk line port Peo of the packet switch 202 (node). So, the connection is '1' DM301 and 1
'I' DM302, but the configuration information held by the packet switching network management device is
have no information about This is because the connection between packet switches is not necessarily done via TDM, but packet switches may be directly connected to each other by a relay line, in which case information about 'l' D M is not required. This is because.

Figure (b) is a table showing the connection relationships of subscribers in a packet switch.15 Normally, in a bucket 1-switching network, the connection relationships of subscribers 11Jj are dynamically determined only when a call is set up. . In order to simplify the explanation, f) VC (Permanent Virtual Circuit):
Pev+++anent Virtual C1rcu
Let us consider the case where the subscriber's connection is fixedly set by .it). FIG. 4(b) shows the connection relationship of subscribers of the packet switching network.

Figure 5 shows a simplified configuration information table held by the PBX network management device, and (a) in the same figure shows the connection relationship between 1) B and X, as in the case of the packet switching network. . In this case as well, there is no information regarding 'l' DM, as in the case of bucket 1 to the switching network. FIG. In the case of a PBX, as in the case of the packet-switched network, the connection relationship between subscribers is determined dynamically only when a call is set up.
Consider the case where the connection is fixed by line connection. The connection relationship of the PBX subscribers can be seen from FIG. 3(b).

FIG. 6 is a table showing connection relationships of application devices held by the application network management device. Normally, equipment connected to a packet switch or PBX communicates with various parties through call control, but here, a case will be described in which the devices are fixedly connected through PvC of the packet switch and hotline connection of the PBX. For call control, see Figures 4(b) and 5(b).
The contents of FIG. 6 and FIG. 6 only change dynamically, and the connection is basically the same as in the case of fixed connection.

Further, in FIG. 6, information regarding the packet switch, PBX, and '1'' DM is not provided, as in the case of the connection between the packet switches and the connection between the PBX.

The configuration information for each of these subnetworks is manually defined in each management device, and the correspondence with the actual network is checked. Network 1 - It is not possible to grasp the configuration information of the entire network. The present invention resides in that the configuration information of each of these sub-networks is correlated in the overall management device.

FIG. 7 shows a schematic flow of processing of the overall management device.

First, the central management device 100 requests the transmission of configuration information of each subnetwork management device. Reception of information is performed by communication control programs 101a to 101d in FIG.

The received configuration information of each subnetwork is passed to the configuration information editing program 102. The configuration information editing program 102 defines which exchange equipment or application equipment the subscriber line baud 1~ of '1' L) M is connected to. Set the counter N to 1, f30° Next, select the notebook Nt from Figure 3 (, ) as the transmitter of the first output 1, and display the boat list of that subscriber line in the display format shown in Figure 8. f displayed on the display 100-2 using the man-machine interface control program 104.
Using this table, the operator manually defines the node and its port name corresponding to each subscriber line f50
For example, in the table of FIG. 8, ports 1 to P40 of node Na201 correspond to ports 1) and 12 of node N1, so these are entered manually in the table. These input values are checked by the configuration information check program f60, and if they are incorrect, the program returns to f50 and prompts for input.

When the input of one TDM is completed, it is determined whether the manual power of all the transmission devices has been completed or not, f70. If not, the counter is incremented by 1 and the process returns to f40, and the next 'I' is input.
This process is performed for DM.

When the processing is completed for all 'I' DMs, the process proceeds to the next step f90 to define the connection relationship between the subscriber line boat of the exchange and the corresponding application cage device.

First, set the counter to 1 with f90. Next, regarding the first switching device, floo displays the boat name of the subscriber line of the first switching device in a table format similar to that shown in FIG. Using this table, the operator enters and defines the node and its boat name corresponding to each subscriber line, as in the case of TDM.
o.

For example, the application device (node N1o) 512 corresponds to the subscriber line boat Ra 2 of the packet switch (no FN4) 201, and this is set in the corresponding node name field in FIG. In this case, there is only one connection line boat for the application device, and if there is no particular line boat name, the boat name tank of the corresponding trunk line in FIG. 8 may be blank.

These input values are used in the configuration information check program 1.
Checked by 03, f120, if incorrect, flll
Return to o and request additional manpower. When the manual input for one exchange is completed, it is determined whether the input for all exchanges has been completed.
140, if not completed, increment the counter by 1 and f1
30. Returns to floo and performs the process for the next exchange.

When the process is completed for all exchanges, this process ends. By completing the above association and creating a table for the association between sub-networks corresponding to FIG. 8, the configuration information of the entire information network shown in FIG. 1 can be grasped.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to obtain the effects described below.

By guaranteeing the independence of the configuration information managed by each management device of the subnetworks that make up the information network and the configuration information managed by the central network management device, it is possible to easily accommodate a variety of information network configurations. Can manage overall configuration information. Further, by using a table format and guidance display in associating the configuration information of each sub-network, it is possible to reduce setting errors in the central network 1-work management device.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an information network to which the present invention is applied,
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the network management system; FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the integrated network management device shown in FIG. 1 implementing the present invention; FIG. Diagram showing the configuration information of the management device, No. 4
Figure 5 shows the configuration information held by the packet switching network management device, Figure 5 shows the configuration information held by the PBX network management device,
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the configuration information held by the application network management device, FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display format. 100... General network management device fQ:, 101
a to d...Communication control blockram, 102...Configuration information editing program, 103...Configuration information check blockram, 104...Man-machine interface control program, 200...Packet network pipe embedded hq, 201
~203...Bucket 1~exchange, 300...Transmission network management device, 301-303...Multiple concentration and distribution device, 40
0...PBX network management device, 401-403...P
)3 X k500...Application network management device, 501-511...Application equipment. (I9) Is it true? //6. i4 (/) (Q) (shi) Envy diagram (ρ) (shi) Yu 5 diagram (ku) Circulating diagram diagram

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A plurality of transmission devices, a plurality of switching devices, and a plurality of application devices that perform information processing, etc. are interconnected through communication lines, and the transmission devices are subsystems consisting of these transmission devices. There is a transmission network management device for the network, and for switching equipment there is a switching network management device for the network made up of those switching devices, and for application devices, there is an application network management device for the part related to the network made up of those application devices. In an information network management system in which there are devices and a central network management device that connects to each of these management devices, the transmission network management device has configuration information only for the transmission equipment network, and the switching network management device has configuration information for only the transmission equipment network. Contains configuration information only for the network,
The application network management device has configuration information only for the application device network, and each of these management devices sends this configuration information to the central network management device, and the central network management device establishes a relationship between these configuration information. An information network configuration information management method that manages the configuration information of the entire information network. 2. In the association between each piece of management information of the integrated network management device according to claim 1, the subscriber line of the transmission equipment is made to correspond to the relay line of the exchange equipment or the relay line of the application equipment, and furthermore, the subscriber line of the transmission equipment is made to correspond to the relay line of the exchange equipment or the relay line of the application equipment. An information network configuration information management method that associates configuration information for the entire information network by associating application device relay lines with user lines. 3. In associating each piece of management information of the integrated network management device according to claim 2, a list of subscribers is displayed in a table format for each transmission device, and the relay line of the exchange corresponding to each subscriber or Set the relay line of the application device in the corresponding column of the same table, and similarly display a list of subscribers for each exchange in table format, and set the relay line of the application device corresponding to each subscriber in the corresponding column of the same table. An information network configuration information management method that easily associates the configuration information of the entire information network by setting it. 4. In the method described in claim 3, a list of trunk lines of exchanges or trunk lines of application equipment corresponding to each subscriber is displayed as guidance, and selected and set in the list of subscribers. An information network configuration information management method that easily associates the configuration information of the entire information network. 5. In the method described in claim 4, when displaying guidance for a list of trunk lines of exchanges or trunk lines of application equipment corresponding to each subscriber, guidance should not be displayed for those whose correspondence has already been estimated. An information network configuration information management method that easily associates the configuration information of the entire information network. 6. In associating each piece of management information of the integrated network management device according to claim 3, each component of the network is displayed using a diagram, and the diagrams corresponding to each of these components are connected by line segments. An information network configuration information management method that easily associates the configuration information of the entire information network.