Sort method of net element of group-oriented network

Abstract

In the method, starting from a central management component (M) as the basis it is determined in a first step whether a network component (G-A,G-B,G-C) is a management-capable network component (G-A,G-B,G-C). If this is the case, the management-capable network component (G-A,G-B,G-C) is classified on the basis of services provided in the past by the management-capable network component (G-A,G-B,G-C). A classification is made here into the classes host, router and switch.

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technical field [0001] The following invention relates to a method of classifying network elements starting from a central management unit—often referred to as a manager in the literature. Background technique [0002] It has been noticed in recent years that communication acquires more and more significance. A great deal of communication takes place over the "traditional" telephone network - also referred to in the literature as the "public switched telephone network". Data networks exist parallel to the telephone network, the most familiar representative of which is the Internet. Currently text information and image information are basically exchanged via such IP-oriented networks (IP: Internet Protocol). Planning, installation, management and operation of the network are required in both fields, which in part entails relatively high costs. Such costs arise not only for IP-oriented networks but also for telephone networks. It is therefore desirable to merge the two cur...

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Problems solved by technology

However, in many products that exist on the market, inappropriate or even wrong values ​​are recorded in the MIB

In addition, different manufacturers use the managed object MO inconsistently due to unclear standard definition

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