Network management system and network management method using the system

Abstract

The invention discloses a network management system and a network management method using the system. The system includes: a unit management module for managing at least one single network element and managing at least one reconfigurable network element through the network element reorganization module; A network element is connected to the unit management module and communicates with a physical device with a single network address through an adapter; a reconfigurable network element is a combination of multiple or multiple physical devices with complementary functions, including multiple or multiple logical network elements and through at least an adapter to communicate with multi-network address physical devices or combined physical devices; and a network element reorganization module for providing conversion between reconfigurable network elements and logical network elements and for specifying the relationship between reconfigurable network elements and logical network elements for maintenance. The invention can solve the management problem that a device has multiple network management addresses, and has good dynamic expandability.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of network management, in particular to a network management system and a network management method using the system. Background technique [0002] In a network management system, a network element (NE) is an abstract description of a device. Normally, the network manager manages the network element by establishing a communication connection with the IP address of the network element. However, in actual situations, physical devices may have Multiple IP addresses, the network management needs to establish communication connections with multiple IP addresses of the network element at the same time to manage each component of the network element, send network management commands or receive status reports. Moreover, with the unification of physical devices in the future, physical devices may be freely combined into functional nodes, which requires the network manager to be able to flexibly manage these network elements th...

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[0004] However, the functions of physical devices are becoming more and more interpenetrating. Therefore, when abstracting network elements, there is a phenomenon of abstracting and merging existing devices with complementary functions. However, it is difficult for traditional management systems to flexibly abstract multiple complementary devices into the same Reorganize network elements for management

In addition, it is difficult for the traditional management system to dynamically expand the types of devices that can be managed, such as dynamically expanding the new combination of new devices

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