Management method and apparatus of network device

Abstract

The invention relates to a management method and apparatus of a network device. The method comprises the following steps: setting the network device as a management device in response to a first logininstruction; periodically sending a broadcast message, wherein the broadcast message comprises an MAC address of the management device; receiving a first broadcast response message sent by a member device, wherein the first broadcast response message is a message sent by the member device to the management device according to the MAC address of the management device in the case that the identification information of the management device is not recorded locally, and the first broadcast response message comprises the MAC address of the member device; and when the information of the member device is not recorded in a management domain, adding the member device to the management domain, wherein the management domain is used for storing the member devices that may be managed by the managementdevice and the MAC addresses of the member devices. According to the management method and apparatus of the network device in the embodiment of the invention, the management and active control of themember device by the management device can be achieved, and the management efficiency of the network device in a local area network is improved.

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to a method and device for managing network equipment. Background technique [0002] A network environment may include multiple network devices. For example, a network environment may include: network devices of the same type from the same manufacturer, network devices of different types from the same manufacturer, network devices from different manufacturers, and so on. Since the above-mentioned network devices in a network environment have different configurations and are physically isolated from each other, it is very inconvenient to manage the network devices in the network environment. [0003] In order to realize the management of network devices in the network environment, the industry has proposed LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol, Link Layer Discovery Protocol). Network devices located in the same network environment can share their own information ...

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[0004] However, in the actual products of various manufacturers, not all devices support LLDP. Even if the devices support LLDP, because the messages published by the protocol are not the same, the information exchanged between the devices is different, resulting in management difficulties.

Moreover, the above-mentioned network device management scheme is based on the network device automatically sending its own information to directly connected neighbor devices to realize the management of the network device. The sending and receiving of packets in the network environment is uncontrollable, and it is impossible to control the active network device, for example: It is impossible to actively modify the management address of the network device. When the user needs to modify the configuration of the network device, the network administrator needs to operate on each network device, resulting in low management efficiency of the network device.

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