JPH047767A - Intensive display method for working state - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the response for display of a screen by producing a corresponding lamp No. list for each device so as to secure the correspondence between plural lamp Nos and a single device. CONSTITUTION:A corresponding lamp No. list 2 is produced for each device so that plural lamp Nos can correspond to a single device. Thus the list 2 includes the Nos. of the lamps that are affected by the state change of a relevant device. The lamp state is formed so that a lamp state control table 3 is always produced and updated for all lamps of all output devices 5 which are displayed in a system. Thus a table production job can be omitted at start of the display and the display response is improved.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] Regarding a network monitoring system that monitors the operating status of communication and information networks, the purpose of this invention is to improve the display response of a system that aggregates the operating status of multiple devices/lines. a status change notification processing unit that processes status change information when there is a change in the operating status of a device/line; a corresponding lamp number list for each device that allows multiple types to be set on one screen for one device; a lamp status management table that manages the lamp status of table items for the lamps of the output device;
It has an output device that displays status change information using a lamp display, and a display processing unit that processes the display information of the output device, and when a device failure occurs, the status change notification processing unit refers to the corresponding lamp number list. The lamp number list set for the failure occurrence capacity is extracted, the lamp status management table is updated with the extracted lamp number list, and the updated lamp is updated according to the display update request from the status change notification processing unit. The display processing section is configured to update the display of the output device by referring to the state management table.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a method for aggregating and displaying the operating status of a network monitoring system that monitors the operating status of communication and information networks.

In recent years, the importance of network monitoring has increased due to the progress in networking of communication systems and information systems, the increase in network scale, and the increase in component devices/lines. As a method for monitoring such networks and notifying the operations manager of occurrences of abnormalities in an easy-to-understand manner, there is a method of indicating the operating status by the lighting status, color, and shape of symbols or lamps indicating devices and lines. In such cases, multiple devices/
Lines are aggregated into one lamp or symbol to represent and display the operating status of multiple devices/lines.

FIG. 3 shows a configuration example of a network status aggregate display in a network monitoring system. Figure (a) shows the configuration of the monitoring device for each district, and Figure (b) shows the configuration of the monitoring device for each device/line.

In the configuration of monitoring equipment for each district in FIG. 3(a), numeral 31 indicates a network drawing, 32 indicates a network monitoring system, and 33 indicates a monitored device/line group. The network drawing 31 divides Japan into the Kanto region, Kansai region, Tohoku region, and Hokkaido region, and each region is equipped with an indicator lamp. ○ indicates normal, . indicates failure, and ◎ indicates unmonitorable. Display and identify by color and shape. The monitoring status of each area is aggregated and processed by the network monitoring system 32.
Information on whether each monitored device/line group 33 is normal or faulty is monitored. For example, if a failure occurs in a part of the Kanto area equipment group, the display for the Kanto area on the network drawing screen 31 becomes ., and the administrator recognizes that a failure has occurred in any of the Kanto area equipment group.

In the monitoring device configuration for each device/line in FIG. 3(b),
34 is a comprehensive network management system, 35 is a sub-monitoring system, 36 is a monitored device/line group, 37 is a monitored device, and 38 is a line. The comprehensive network management system 34 is provided in each district of the network drawing 31 and manages a plurality of sub-monitoring systems 35 within the district, and each sub-monitoring system manages the monitored devices/line groups 3 within the respective district.
6 failures are collectively processed. The monitored device/line group 36 is composed of a device 37 and a line 38, and if a failure occurs in the device or line, an abnormality notification is sent to the comprehensive network management system 34 via the sub-monitoring system 35, and the network drawing 31 Obstacles will be displayed in the relevant areas.

The administrator of the network drawing screen 31 knows that a fault has occurred in the Kanto region from the fault display on the screen, and by converting the screen, further confirms which monitored device or line in the Kanto region equipment group has the fault. Is possible.

[Conventional technology]

A block diagram of a conventional operating state display method is shown in FIG. Figure (a) shows a processing block, and Figure (b) shows a table structure for lamp control.

In the figure, 21 is a status change notification processing unit, 22 is a lamp aggregation table, 23 is a lamp status management table, 24 is a display processing unit, 25 is an output device, 26 is a lamp table creation processing unit, and 27 is a lamp information table. .

In the processing block of FIG. 4(a), when the condition change notification processing section 21 receives the condition change information, the lamp aggregation table 22
, reads the lamp number corresponding to the device, and updates the corresponding lamp state in the lamp state management table 23. At the same time, a display request is issued to the display processing unit 24 that actually displays the status on the output device 25, and the display processing unit 24 refers to the lamp status management table 23 and changes the display status. Note that the lamp table creation processing unit 26 uses the lamp information table 27 in which data for each screen is stored.
Lamp aggregation table 22 and lamp status management table 2
3 in advance (.

In the table structure shown in FIG. 4(b), in the conventional technology, how devices are aggregated and reflected in the lamp state is determined by a lamp aggregation table 22 in which lamp numbers corresponding to each device are registered. This list associates one lamp with one device, and the relevant data in the lamp status management table 23 is updated with this lamp number to control the lamp status. At this time, the operating states are aggregated by associating the same lamp number with a plurality of devices. Therefore, if there are multiple output devices, the correspondence between each device and the lamp of each output device will be different.
Lamp aggregation table 22 and lamp status management table 23
It is necessary to create multiple files for each output device.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the conventional method, the lamp aggregation table 22 can only associate one lamp with one device, so if there are multiple output devices, the lamp aggregation table 22 for each output device is created.
and a lamp status management table 23 are required. Therefore, it is necessary to add a table when adding an output device. Furthermore, when displaying a hierarchical network diagram on a display, the correspondence between devices and lamps differs for each screen of the network diagram, so it is necessary to edit the lamp aggregation table 22 at the beginning of the network diagram display. Such processing deteriorates the response of screen display.

An object of the present invention is to create a compatible lamp list for each device so that a plurality of lamp numbers can be associated with one device, thereby speeding up the response of screen display.

[Means to solve the problem]

FIG. 1 shows the principle configuration diagram of the present invention. In the figure, ■ is a status change notification processing unit that processes status change information when there is a change in the operating status of a network device/line, and 2 is a corresponding lamp that can set multiple types on one screen with one device. A number list, 3 is a lamp status management table that manages table items for the lamps of the output device, 5 is an output device that displays status change information by lamp display, and 4 is a display processing unit that processes the display information of the output device. show.

In the present invention, a correspondence number list 2 is created for each device so that a plurality of lamp numbers can be associated with one device. The corresponding lamp number list is a list of lamp numbers that will be affected when a state change occurs in the device. The lamp status is displayed on all output devices 5 in the system.
Lamp status management table 3 is always used for all lamps in
Configure to create and update.

Basically, instead of the conventional lamp aggregation table 22 or the corresponding number list 2, the lamp table creation processing section 26 creates a conventional lamp aggregation table 22 and a lamp status management table 23, and a lamp table that processes the aggregation data at that time. The point is that the information table 25 is no longer necessary.

[Effect]

When a device failure occurs, the status change notification processing unit 1 refers to the corresponding lamp number list 2, extracts the lamp number list set for the failure device, and manages the lamp status using the extracted lamp number list. The table 3 is updated, and at the same time a display request is made to the display processing unit 4, and the display processing unit 4
refers to the updated lamp state management table 3 and updates the display on the output device 5. The display processing section 4 at this time is created for each output device 5.

〔Example〕

A block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. In the figure, 11 is a status change processing section, 12 is a corresponding lamp number list, 13 is a lamp status management table, 14 is a display processing section, and 15 is an output device.

The compatible lamp number list 12 includes devices a, b, and c.

It is created for each Z device, and a plurality of lamp numbers are associated with each device. Device a corresponds to lamp numbers 1.3.6, and multiple types can be set on one screen with one device.

For example, lamp number 1°3 can be displayed on the top screen, and lamp number 6 can be displayed on the next screen. The lamp number setting for each device can be registered and set in advance by the administrator. The lamp status management table 3 has table items corresponding to the lamps of all the output devices 15, and is configured to include all the lamp statuses for each screen. The screen can be displayed as follows, lamps 5 to 9 can be used as the next screen display, and the area below the lamp NQIO can be used as the third screen display. The lamp status management table 13 displays the status corresponding to each lamp number, and displays the lamp status on each screen by indicating that "0" indicates a normal status and "1" indicates that a failure is occurring. I can do it. Therefore, changes in the screen can be set immediately without changing the table.

The status change processing unit 11 receives status change information regarding the device a. The state change processing unit 11 refers to the number list 12 corresponding to the device a and obtains the registered lamp number (1°3.6). Next, Nnl of the lamp status management table 13, 43
．． Update Nct6 with the content of the status change.

At the same time, the status change processing unit 11 issues a display update request to the display processing unit 14. The display processing unit 14 performs display update processing for the lamp currently being displayed. Further, at the time of first display, the display processing unit 14 only displays the lamp number to be displayed by referring to the lamp status management table 13, and does not perform any editing processing of the table or the like.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, the table creation process at the start of display can be omitted, so display response can be improved, and the lamps of all output devices can be managed centrally, so even if an output device is added, the table can be created. There is no need to add them individually (it can be handled simply by changing the compatible lamp number list and adding a display processing section for the added output device.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a diagram of the principle configuration of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment, Fig. 3 is an example of network status aggregation display, and Fig. 4 is a block diagram of the embodiment.
The figure shows a block diagram of a conventional example. In the figure, 1, #; 21 are status change notification processing units, 2゜12 is a corresponding lamp number list, 3.13.23 is a lamp status management table, 4.14.24 is a display processing unit, 5゜15, 25 is an output device, 22 is a lamp aggregation table, 2
6 is a lamp table creation processing unit, 27 is a lamp information table, 31 is a network drawing, 32 is a network monitoring system, 33.36 is a monitored device/line group,
34 is a general network management system, 35 is a sub-monitoring system, 37 is a monitored device, and 38 is a line. Principle configuration diagram of the present invention IRI diagram

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a network monitoring system that monitors the operational status of a communication system or information network, a status change notification processing unit (1) that processes status change information when there is a change in the operational status of a network device/line. ) and a list of compatible lamp numbers for each device that allows multiple types to be set on one screen (2
), a lamp status management table (3) that manages the lamp status of table items for the lamps of the output device, an output device (5) that displays status change information by lamp display, and a lamp status management table (5) that processes the display information of the output device. and a display processing unit (4) that displays a list of lamp numbers set for the faulty device by referring to the corresponding lamp number list (2) from the status change notification processing unit (1) when a device failure occurs. The above lamp status management table (3) is extracted based on the extracted lamp number list.
), and the display processing unit (4) updates the display of the output device (5) by referring to the updated lamp status management table (3) in response to a display update request from the status change notification processing unit (1). An operating status aggregation display method characterized by performing the following.