Network Device Management Apparatus Template Compatibility Warning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing network device management systems face challenges in efficiently creating setting distribution tasks due to compatibility issues between device models, leading to errors when distributing settings to devices that do not support all settings items in a template.
Innovation Solution
A management apparatus that compares the device model of a template with the target device model during task creation, displaying a warning if they are not identical, and only distributing supported settings to prevent errors, allowing for reselection of templates or devices to ensure compatibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If all devices in a device list are selected as distribution target using a setting template, then the setting distribution task can be created quickly, but setting items not supported by the selected devices result in errors
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary comparison between the device model in the template and the selected distribution target devices before executing the setting distribution task. This advance verification prevents errors by identifying incompatibility issues beforehand, allowing users to adjust their selection or modify the template accordingly.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback to the user by displaying a warning screen that compares the template's device model with the selected distribution targets. This feedback mechanism informs users of the potential errors before task execution, enabling them to correct their selections or modify settings to ensure compatibility.
2Reliability
If device model compatibility check is performed during task creation, then setting distribution errors can be prevented, but the task creation process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically performs the device model compatibility check and generates the warning screen without requiring manual intervention. The comparison between template device model and selected devices is handled autonomously by the system, reducing the operational burden on users while maintaining reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses visual differentiation (analogous to color changes) by displaying the comparison result through a warning screen with distinct visual indicators. This makes the compatibility information easily perceptible to users, simplifying the interface while maintaining the complexity of the verification logic in the background.
3Ease of operation
If the management apparatus displays detailed comparison results of device models, then users can identify and address model mismatches, but the interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs visual display techniques (analogous to color changes) in the warning screen to highlight the device model comparison results. By using distinct visual elements to indicate mismatches, the system makes compatibility issues immediately recognizable to users without requiring complex text-based explanations, thus maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The comparison result is segmented and presented in a structured warning screen that separates the template device model information from the selected distribution target devices. This segmentation allows users to easily identify mismatches by viewing the information in organized sections rather than a complex unstructured format.
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AI summary
A management apparatus that executes a task to distribute settings to network devices has a template management unit 341 configured to manage a template for task creation corresponding to a device model of a network device, a function control unit 33 configured to create a task to distribute the settings to the network device using the template, and a function display unit configured to display a warning screen based on a comparison result of a device model corresponding the template used in the task and a device model of the network device to which the settings are to be distributed, during the creation of the task.