System and method for network management
AssigneeCloud Scope Technologies, Inc.
InventorKenichi Nagami
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Abstract
A part of the elements discovered in a network are chosen to be monitored, and a user such as a network administrator is allowed to appropriately monitor desired elements. A network management server collects information on elements in the network, and displays collected information on a GUI screen. The user is allowed to choose an element based on the information displayed on the screen, and the element chosen by the user is then registered as an object to be monitored. Information is collected including elements which are not registered, and displayed on the screen along with a result of comparison to the registered elements.
Claims12
A network management device, comprising:
- a collection unit that repeatedly collects, by automatic discovery, information on elements in a network;
- a memory device that stores information collected by the collection unit;
- a registration unit that registers the element chosen by the user through the choice unit as an object to be monitored, the monitoring being performed by a process other than the automatic discovery;
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- a control unit that controls the collection unit to collect, by the automatic discovery, information on both registered elements and not-registered elements, and controls the registration unit to keep a registered but not-discovered element as registered for the monitoring, where for the registered but not-discovered element, information was collected by a past automatic discovery but is not collected by a current automatic discovery,
- wherein the control unit further controls the display unit to display a result of a comparison, the comparison being performed at the time of the current automatic discovery between elements which are being registered for the monitoring at the time of the current automatic discovery and elements on which information is collected by the current automatic discovery, whereby the user is enabled to choose the element to be subjected to the monitoring among (i) a not-registered and newly-discovered element, (ii) a registered and discovered element, and (iii) a registered but not-discovered element.
A non-transitory computer usable medium having computer readable program codes embodied therein for a computer functioning as a network management device connected with a network, the computer readable program codes comprising:
- a collection code module causing the computer to repeatedly collect, by automatic discovery, information on elements in the network;
- a display code module causing the computer to display information collected by the collection code module on a screen;
- a choice code module causing the computer to allow a user to choose an element based on the information displayed by the display code module;
- a registration code module causing the computer to register the element chosen by the user through the choice code module as an object to be monitored, the monitoring being performed by a process other than the automatic discovery;
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- a control code module causing the computer to control information on both registered elements and not-registered elements to be collected by the automatic discovery, and to control a registered but not-discovered element to be kept as registered for the monitoring, where for the registered but not-discovered element information was collected by a past automatic discovery but is not collected by a current automatic discovery,
- wherein the control unit further controls the display code module causes the computer to display a result of a comparison, the comparison being performed at the time of the current automatic discovery between elements which are being registered for the monitoring at the time of the current automatic discovery and elements on which information is collected by the current automatic discovery, whereby the user is enabled to choose the element to be subjected to the monitoring among (i) a not-registered and newly-discovered element, (ii) a registered and discovered element, and (iii) a registered by not-discovered element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.