Communication port management apparatus and method thereof
AssigneeAllied Telesis Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshihide Morioka
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Abstract
An SNMP program actuated on a computer successively inquires of network devices about their settings and statuses. Each of the network devices having received such an inquiry returns the status and setting of each port in response to the inquiry from the computer (SNMP program). The computer (SNMP program), every time a reply is returned from a network device, determines whether or not there is any inconsistency between the status and the setting of any port, and sets the network device containing the port to disable the port if a status-setting inconsistency has been detected.
Claims18
A communication port management apparatus for managing each of one or more communication ports which each of one or more communication units has, comprising:
- information acquiring means for acquiring from each of the communication units first setting information indicating a setting for each of the communication ports and first status information indicating a status of each of the communication ports, or first communication unit information containing either of the foregoing,
- information holding means for holding second setting information indicating a setting for each of the communication ports and first status information (second status information) contained in the acquired first communication unit information, or second communication unit information containing either of the foregoing, and
- communication port managing means for managing each of the communication ports to be enabled or disabled on the basis of the acquired first communication unit information and the held second communication unit information.
A communication port management method for managing each of one or more communication ports which each of one or more communication units has, whereby
- first setting information indicating a setting for each of the communication ports and first status information indicating a status of each of the communication ports, or first communication unit information containing either of the foregoing is acquired from each of the communication units,
- second setting information indicating a setting for each of the communication ports and first status information (second status information) contained in the acquired first communication unit information, or second communication unit information containing either of the foregoing is held, and
- each of the communication ports is managed to be enabled or disabled on the basis of the acquired first communication unit information and the held second communication unit information.
A program for managing each of one or more communication ports which each of one or more communication units has, the program causing a computer to execute:
- a step of acquiring first setting information indicating a setting for each of the communication ports, and first status information indicating a status of each of the communication ports, or first communication unit information containing either of the foregoing, from each of the communication units,
- a step of holding second setting information indicating a setting for each of the communication ports, and first status information (second status information) contained in the acquired first communication unit information, or second communication unit information containing either of the foregoing, and
- a step of managing each of the communication ports to be enabled or disabled on the basis of the acquired first communication unit information and the held second communication unit information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.