US 9,866,439 B2Granted

Communications system, management apparatus, and communication setting method

AssigneeFujitsu Limited

InventorsTomoaki Abe, Takeshi Umezuki

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Abstract

A first setting information notification unit notifies a management apparatus via a relay apparatus of first setting information. A setting information generation unit generates third setting information from the first setting information and second setting information. For example, the setting information generation unit generates the third setting information by complementing the first setting information with the second setting information that is preliminarily stored in a setting information storage unit. A communication confirmation unit confirms communication based on the third setting information between a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus. A second setting information notification unit notifies the relay apparatus, the first communication apparatus, and the second communication apparatus of the third setting information.

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Dependent claims

A communication system comprising:

a first communication apparatus connected to a first subnetwork;
a second communication apparatus connected to a second subnetwork;
a relay apparatus placed between the first subnetwork and the second subnetwork;
and
a management apparatus which manages a setting of the relay apparatus,
the first communication apparatus includes a first processor configured to perform a procedure including:
notifying the management apparatus via the relay apparatus of first setting information including a part of a first communication setting of the first communication apparatus;
and
updating the first communication setting with third setting information received from the management apparatus,
the management apparatus includes a memory and a second processor coupled to the memory, the second processor configured to perform a procedure including:
generating the third setting information from the first setting information and second setting information stored in the memory;
confirming communication based on the third setting information between the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus;
and
sending, upon confirmation of the communication between the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus, the third setting information to the relay apparatus, as well as to the first and second communication apparatuses via the relay apparatus,
wherein the relay apparatus includes a third processor configured to perform a third procedure including updating communication setting of the relay apparatus with the third setting information received from the management apparatus, and
wherein the second communication apparatus includes a fourth processor configured to perform a fourth procedure including updating communication setting of the second communication apparatus with the third setting information received from the management apparatus.

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