US 5,513,343 A · Network management system

Abstract

The present invention relates to a network management system, and more particularly to a network management system for managing the states of plural alarm information generating from each one of the objects, which are to be managed, and stored in a state management area. Detailed information storage program of agents stores into detailed information files detailed information contained in alarm information transmitted from objects; alarm information coding program of a manager converts alarm information into alarm codes; and state management program stores the alarm codes into a state management area. A knowledge base enters combinations of alarm codes and effects of alarm information as decision patterns, and failure decision program decides upon failures by matching, at the time of receiving alarm information, the knowledge base and the state management area with each other.

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Dependent claims

A network management system for managing plural objects connected to a network, comprising:

detailed information storage means for storing into detailed information files detailed information contained in alarm information transmitted from the objects and hash keys prepared from said alarm information;
alarm information code means for converting said alarm information into alarm codes according to a fixed rule;
state management means for storing into a state management area said alarm codes together with file types indicating a main cause alarm or an effect alarm and said hash keys;
a knowledge base for entering therein combinations of alarm codes and effects of alarm information as decision patterns;
and
failure decision means for deriving a decision result, by matching, at the time of receiving alarm information, said knowledge base and said state management area with each other.

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