Patent ID: 7467199
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A network integrated management system comprised of: at least one monitor or control apparatus having a network to be monitored and controlled under it; at least one network integrated management apparatus integratedly managing said network through said monitor or control apparatus; and an Internet interface which transfers monitor or control information between said monitor or control apparatus and said network integrated management apparatus over the Internet, wherein said monitor or control information is transferred according to SMTP, wherein said control information includes command information and response information, and said network integrated management apparatus sends said command information to said monitor or control apparatus, which sends said response information indicating processing result thereof to said network integrated management apparatus in response to said command information, wherein said network integrated management apparatus issues a control command as said monitor or control information to said monitor or control apparatus, and the monitor or control apparatus controls the network under it in accordance with the control command, collects results of processing from said network, and notifies the collected information to said network integrated management apparatus, wherein said network integrated management apparatus issues a collection command instructing collection of status information showing a state of said network as said monitor or control information to said monitor or control apparatus, and the monitor or control apparatus collects status information from the network under it in accordance with the collection command, wherein said network integrated management apparatus has a managed group information unit for managing at least one monitor or control apparatus under the network management apparatus, wherein said monitor or control apparatus has a managed group information unit for managing at least one network integrated management apparatus to which the monitor or control apparatus belongs, wherein, when not normally receiving normality check information showing whether the monitor or control information is being normally sent from the monitor or control apparatus, said network integrated management apparatus judges that an abnormality has occurred in the monitor or control apparatus and the network under it and changes the status display of said network in the network integrated management apparatus, and wherein said network integrated management apparatus performs processing for retries for receiving said normality check information and, when exhausting the number of retries, judges said monitor or control apparatus has been removed and changes the status display of said network in the network integrated management apparatus.