Management apparatus, control method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorToshiaki Igarashi
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Abstract
If a setting that a second protocol different from a first protocol which is SNMP is used preferentially to the first protocol is selected and a sending target device supports the second protocol, a management apparatus sends setting information according to specifications of the second protocol to the device. If the setting in which the second protocol is used preferentially to the first protocol is selected and a sending target device does not support the second protocol, the management apparatus sends setting information according to specifications of the first protocol to the device.
Claims10
A management apparatus comprising:
- a memory storing instructions related to operations for management of a plurality of network devices using a first protocol that is SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) and a second protocol different from the first protocol;
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- a processor executing the instructions causing the management apparatus to:
- manage whether or not each of the network device supports the second protocol and the first protocol;
- display a screen in which a setting for sending the setting information to a plurality of sending target network devices simultaneously can be selected if a network device that supports the second protocol and a network device that does not support the second protocol are included in the plurality of sending target network devices:
- display information indicating that the timings at which the sending to the network devices do not match if the setting for sending the setting information to the plurality of sending target network devices simultaneously is selected:
- send the setting information according to specifications of the second protocol to the sending target network device that supports the second protocol;
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- send the setting information according to specifications of the first protocol to the sending target network device that does not support the second protocol, wherein the second protocol defines a request for controlling a setting operation using a plurality of data stores secured in the network device, in which setting information is managed in a data format different from that of the first protocol.
A method for a management apparatus for management of a plurality of network devices using a first protocol that is SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) and a second protocol different from the first protocol, the method comprising:
- managing whether or not each of the network device supports the second protocol and the first protocol;
- displaying a screen in which a setting for sending the setting information to a plurality of sending target network devices simultaneously can be selected if a network device that supports the second protocol and a network device that does not support the second protocol are included in the plurality of sending target network devices;
- displaying information indicating that the timings at which the sending to the network devices do not match if the setting for sending the setting information to the plurality of sending target network devices simultaneously is selected;
- sending the setting information according to specifications of the second protocol to the sending target network device that supports the second protocol;
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- sending the setting information according to specifications of the first protocol to the sending target network device that does not support the second protocol,
- wherein the second protocol defines a request for controlling a setting operation using a plurality of data stores secured in the network device, in which setting information is managed in a data format different from that of the first protocol.
A non-transitory storage medium on which is stored a computer program for making a computer execute a method for a management apparatus for management of a plurality of network devices using a first protocol that is SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) and a second protocol different from the first protocol, the method comprising:
- managing whether or not each of the network device supports the second protocol and the first protocol;
- displaying a screen in which a setting for sending the setting information to a plurality of sending target network devices simultaneously can be selected if a network device that supports the second protocol and a network device that does not support the second protocol are included in the plurality of sending target network devices;
- displaying information indicating that the timings at which the sending to the network devices do not match if the setting for sending the setting information to the plurality of sending target network devices simultaneously is selected;
- sending the setting information according to specifications of the second protocol to the sending target network device that supports the second protocol;
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- sending the setting information according to specifications of the first protocol to the sending target network device that does not support the second protocol,
- wherein the second protocol defines a request for controlling a setting operation using a plurality of data stores secured in the network device, in which setting information is managed in a data format different from that of the first protocol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.