Patent ID: 6853388
Filing Date: 2005-02-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A network management equipment for managing a network system including a plurality of stations, a communication line provided between said stations, and one or a plurality of nodes which are set in each of said station and connected to each other through said communication line, said network management equipment comprising: a display unit; information acquiring means for acquiring notification information respectively transmitted from a plurality of said nodes; information processing means for managing a state of occurrence of a failure in said network system based on said notification information acquired by said information acquiring means; and display controlling means for displaying information processed by said display processing means on said display unit, wherein said display controlling means displays an area map of an area in which said network system is set on said display unit; displays on said area map a plurality of station icons respectively associated with said stations and a line associated with said communication line; displays a plurality of said station icons in a display mode which varies depending on presence/absence of a failure in each corresponding station; and displays said line in a display mode which varies depending on presence/absence of a failure in said corresponding communication line.