JPH1117678A - Remote control system for network management device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To manage an management object device without making a visit to an equipment which manages a network by the maintenance personnel, without the need for installation cost. SOLUTION: A display section 8 displays a monitor control display content, a home page generating section 10 converts the content into a hypertext form for each prescribed time, generates a home page, and a home page display section 11 registers the home page to an internet server 4. A general-purpose information processing unit 2 receives and displays the home page via the internet 3 and informs an operation event to a network management device 1 via the internet 3, when the maintenance personnel operates displaying. An event processing section 12 of the network management device 1 analyzes the operation even and outputs a display content revision instruction and a control content, a display section 8 revises and displays the display content by the output and outputs the control content. A network management control section 7 receives the control content to control a management object device 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote control method for a network management device, and more particularly, to monitor the status of a device to be managed connected to a network and remotely control a network management device that controls the device according to the monitoring result. The present invention relates to a remote control method for a network management device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of remote control of a network management apparatus has been used to remotely operate a network management apparatus which monitors and controls the status of a device to be managed connected to a network. The remote control method of the conventional network management device will be described with reference to a conventional network management system disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 6-202011. Referring to FIG. 2, which is a configuration diagram of this conventional network management system, the conventional network management system is an internetworking device 22 that connects various local area networks (LANs) scattered far away to the respective LANs. (IWU) mutually connected via a wide area network (WAN), and each managed device 21 connected on each LAN is connected to one LAN.
Is monitored and controlled by a network management device 20 (manager) connected to the LAN, and the maintainer directly operates the network management device 20 to control each managed device 21 connected to each LAN. The state was monitored and controlled. In order to remotely control the network management device 20, another device having a configuration similar to that of the network management device 20 created so as to be operated via a network can be managed by the network management device 20. The network management device 20 is connected to the network within the range, and the maintenance person remotely controls the network management device 20 by directly operating the other connected device.

[0003]

The above-mentioned conventional remote control method for a network management device is similar to a network management device created so that it can be operated via a network when remotely controlling the network management device. It is necessary to connect another device having the above configuration to the network within a range that can be managed by the network management device, and thus there is a problem in that equipment for operating the network management device in a remote place is expensive. Also, in order to remotely control the network management device, the maintenance person needs to directly operate another device having the same configuration as the network management device. There is a problem that must be.

An object of the present invention is to eliminate such a conventional drawback, so that the cost of equipment is not increased, and a maintenance person is set to a network management device or another device having the same configuration as the network management device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a remote control method for a network management device that does not need to go to a destination.

[0005]

According to the remote control method of a network management apparatus of the present invention, a state of a managed apparatus connected to a network is monitored, and a network management apparatus which controls the managed apparatus according to a result of the monitoring is remotely controlled. In a remote control method of a network management device, a monitor control display content that is displayed in the network management device and that indicates a display content for monitoring the state of the management target device and controlling the management target device is provided on an Internet homepage. Registered as an Internet server, the homepage is displayed on the information processing device via the Internet by the information processing device connected to the Internet, and the displayed content is operated to remotely control the network management device. I have.

Further, a remote control method for a network management device according to the present invention monitors a status of a device to be managed connected to a network, and remotely controls a network management device that controls the device according to the monitoring result. In the remote control method of the present invention, the monitoring control display content, which is displayed in the device itself, monitors the status of the management target device and indicates the display content for controlling the management target device, is converted into a hypertext format and the homepage is converted. Creates and registers this homepage in the Internet server, receives an operation event indicating that the registered homepage has been operated, changes the display content displayed in the own device according to the content of the operation event, and controls the managed device. Connected to the Internet, and the network management device is connected to the Internet server. The recorded homepage is displayed by a browser software for browsing the homepage, and when the displayed content is operated by a maintenance person, the operation event indicating that the operation is performed is transmitted by the browser software via the Internet. And an information processing device for transmitting the information to the network management device.

[0007] Further, the network management apparatus of the remote control system of the network management apparatus according to the present invention monitors the state of the management target apparatus, controls the management target apparatus according to the monitoring result, and controls its own unit. A network management control unit that receives the control content indicating the content and controls the managed device; and monitors the status of the managed device and displays the monitoring control display content indicating the display content for controlling the managed device. Also, when receiving a display content change instruction instructing to change the monitor control display content, the monitor control display content is changed and displayed, and the control content indicating the content to be controlled by the network management control unit is received. A display unit that outputs the control content to the network management control unit, a timer unit that performs a timer notification at regular time intervals, and each time the timer notification is received, A homepage creation unit that converts the monitoring control display content displayed on the display unit into the hypertext format to create a homepage, and holds the homepage created by the homepage creation unit and sends the held homepage to an Internet server. Register,
A homepage display unit that receives an operation event indicating that the registered homepage has been operated via the Internet server and outputs the received operation event, and receives the operation event output by the homepage display unit and receives the operation event. Analyzing the content, when the analysis result indicates that the content displayed on the display unit is affected, outputs the display content change instruction to the display unit, and the analysis result is controlled by the network management control unit. And an event processing unit that outputs the control content to the display unit when it indicates that the control needs to be performed.

[0008]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of a remote control system of a network management apparatus according to the present invention.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 1 monitors the state of a managed device 6 connected to a network 5 and remotely controls a network management device 1 that controls the managed device 6 according to the monitoring result. In the remote control method, a monitoring control display content 14 that is displayed in the own device and that indicates the display content for monitoring the state of the managed device 6 and controlling the managed device 6 is displayed in a hypertext format (HTML format). The homepage 15 is created by converting the homepage 15 into the Internet server 4, and an operation event 16 indicating that the registered homepage 15 has been operated is received. And a network management device 1 that controls the managed device 6 and is connected to the Internet 3 so that the network management device 1 The homepage 15 registered in the Internet server 4 is displayed by a browser software for browsing the homepage, and when the displayed content is operated by a maintenance person, an operation event 16 indicating that the operation is performed is generated by the browser software. The information processing apparatus 2 is configured to transmit information to the network management apparatus 1 via the Internet 3.

The network management device 1 monitors the status of the managed device 6 and controls the managed device 6 according to the result of the monitoring, and the control content 1 indicates the content to be controlled by itself.
8, a network management control unit 7 for controlling the managed device 6;
A monitor control display content 14 indicating a display content for monitoring the state of the managed device 6 and controlling the managed device 6 is displayed, and a display content change instruction 17 instructing a change of the monitor control display content 14 is received. The display unit 8 changes and displays the monitor control display content 14 when the display unit 8 outputs the control content 18 to the network management control unit 7 when receiving the control content 18 indicating the content to be controlled by the network management control unit 7. A timer unit 9 for giving a timer notification at regular intervals, and a homepage creation unit for creating a homepage 15 by converting the monitoring control display content 14 displayed on the display unit 8 into a hypertext format every time the timer notification is received. 10 and a homepage 15 created by the homepage creation unit 10, and the held homepage 15 is registered in the Internet server 4. An operation event 16 indicating that the registered homepage 15 has been operated is received via the Internet server 4, a homepage display section 11 for outputting the received operation event 16, and an operation event 16 output from the homepage display section 11 for receiving the operation event. Event 16
Is analyzed, and when the analysis result indicates that the content displayed on the display unit 8 is affected, a display content change instruction 17 is output to the display unit 8 and the analysis result is output to the network management control unit 7.
Control content 1 to indicate that the
And an event processing unit 12 for outputting the data 8 to the display unit 8.

Next, the operation of the remote control system of the network management apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described in detail.

In FIG. 1, a network management control unit 7 of the network management device 1 connected to the network 5 monitors the status of the managed device 6 to be managed by the network management device 1 connected to the network 5 and manages the status. The monitoring control display content 14 indicating the display content for controlling the target device 6 is output. The display unit 8 receives and displays the monitoring control display contents 14. The timer unit 9 performs a timer notification at regular time intervals. The homepage creation unit 10 creates the homepage 15 by converting the monitoring control display content 14 displayed on the display unit 8 into a hypertext format (HTML format) every time the timer notification is received. The homepage display unit 11 receives and holds the homepage 15 created by the homepage creation unit 10, and registers the held homepage 15 in the Internet server 4. The general-purpose information processing device 2 such as a personal computer (PC) or a workstation connected to the Internet 3 displays the homepage 15 registered in the Internet server 4 by the homepage display unit 11 using browser software for browsing the homepage.

This display content is the same as the display content of the display unit 8 of the network management device 1. For example, when a failure has occurred in the managed device 6, an external view of the managed device 6 in which the failed portion blinks. And the like, and a menu or the like indicating processing such as power-off of the managed device 6 is displayed.

When the displayed content is operated by a maintenance person, for example, when a blinking point in the external view of the managed device 6 is pointed by a pointing device such as a mouse, or when the managed device 6 is displayed. When a certain process to be performed is selected, an operation event 16 indicating this operation is transmitted to the homepage display unit 11 via the Internet 3 by the browser software. The operation event 16 at this time indicates that the blinking point is pointed, or that a certain process is selected. The homepage display unit 11 receives the operation event 16 via the Internet server 4 and outputs the received operation event 16. The event processing unit 12 receives the operation event 16 output from the homepage display unit 11, analyzes the content of the operation event 16, and when the analysis result indicates that the content displayed on the display unit 8 is affected, That is, for example, when indicating that a blinking point is indicated, a display content change instruction 17 such as stopping the blinking and changing the display color of this point is output to the display unit 8 and the analysis result is output to the network management control unit 7. When it indicates that the control needs to be performed, that is, for example, when it indicates that a certain process has been selected, the control unit 18 outputs to the display unit 8 a control content 18 indicating the content for instructing this process to be executed. When the display unit 8 receives the display content change instruction 17 instructing the change of the monitor control display content 14 from the event processing unit 12, the display unit 8 changes and displays the monitor control display content 14 in accordance with the instruction, and displays it on the network management control unit 7. When receiving the control content 18 indicating the content to be controlled, the network management control unit 7
The control content 18 is output to The network management control unit 7 receives the control content 18 from the display unit 8 and controls the managed device 6.

[0016]

As described above, according to the remote control method of the network management device of the present invention, the information is displayed in the network management device.
A monitor control display content indicating a display content for monitoring the state of the managed device and controlling the managed device is registered as a homepage of the Internet in an Internet server, and is used by a general-purpose information processing device such as a PC connected to the Internet. The homepage is displayed on the information processing device via the Internet, and the displayed content is operated to remotely control the network management device. Therefore, the device for remotely controlling the network management device is the same as the network management device. Since a general-purpose information processing apparatus such as a PC can be used without using the apparatus having the above configuration, the cost of equipment is not required. In addition, since a general-purpose information processing apparatus such as a PC can be connected to the Internet and the network management apparatus can be remotely controlled via the Internet, the maintenance person sets a network management apparatus or an apparatus having the same configuration as the network management apparatus. There is no need to go to the place. Therefore, a large number of such PCs can be easily set, and the managed device can be managed by the PC, so that a failure of the managed device that occurs can be quickly dealt with.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of a remote control method of a network management device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a conventional network management system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 network management device 2 information processing device 3 internet 4 internet server 5 network 6 managed device 7 network management control unit 8 display unit 9 timer unit 10 homepage creation unit 11 homepage display unit 12 event processing unit 14 monitoring control display contents 15 homepage 16 Operation event 17 Display content change instruction 18 Control content 20 Network management device 21 Managed device 22 Internetworking device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A remote control method for a network management device that monitors the status of a device to be managed connected to a network and remotely controls a network management device that controls the device to be managed in accordance with the monitoring result. Display and monitor the status of the managed device and monitor and display the displayed content for controlling the managed device, register the content on the Internet server as a home page of the Internet, the information processing device connected to the Internet, A remote control system for a network management device, wherein the homepage is displayed on the information processing device via the Internet, and the displayed content is operated to remotely control the network management device. 2. In a remote control method of a network management device that remotely controls a network management device that controls the management target device according to a result of monitoring the status of the management target device connected to the network, the status is displayed in the own device. The monitor control display contents for monitoring the state of the managed device and controlling the managed device are converted into a hypertext format to create a homepage, and the homepage is registered in an Internet server and registered. Receiving the operation event indicating that the homepage has been operated, changing the display content displayed in the own device according to the content of the operation event or controlling the managed device, and connected to the Internet, The homepage registered by the network management device in the Internet server is viewed on a homepage. And when the displayed content is operated by a maintenance person, the operation event indicating that the operation is performed is transmitted to the network management device via the Internet by the browser software. An information processing device, comprising: a remote control method for a network management device. 3. The network management device monitors the status of the management target device, controls the management target device according to a result of the monitoring, and receives control contents indicating contents to be controlled by the network management device. And a network management control unit for controlling the status of the managed device, displaying the monitored control display content indicating display content for controlling the managed device, and instructing to change the monitored control display content. When the display content change instruction is received, the monitor control display content is changed and displayed, and when the control content indicating the content to be controlled by the network management control unit is received, the control content is transmitted to the network management control unit. A timer for notifying a timer at regular time intervals; and a monitoring control display displayed on the display each time the timer notification is received. A homepage creation unit for converting the content into the hypertext format to create a homepage; holding the homepage created by the homepage creation unit; registering the held homepage in an Internet server; and operating the registered homepage. A homepage display unit that receives an operation event indicating that the operation event has been received via the Internet server and outputs the received operation event, receives the operation event output by the homepage display unit, analyzes the content of the operation event, and analyzes the analysis result. When indicating that the content displayed on the display unit is affected, the display content change instruction is output to the display unit,
The network management device according to claim 2, further comprising: an event processing unit that outputs the control content to the display unit when the analysis result indicates that the network management control unit needs to be controlled. Remote control system.