Patent ID: 6023775
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A fault information management apparatus which is used with a transmission apparatus for sending information in a network, and which manages information related to faults that occurred in the transmission apparatus and provides the fault information to a monitoring apparatus for the transmission apparatus, the fault information management apparatus comprising:a fault history preparation section which, upon receipt of the fault information, prepares a fault history for said monitoring apparatus, said fault history preparation section including:a history table for holding, in a paired manner, fault occurrence information received when a fault has occurred in said transmission apparatus and fault recovery information received when the fault has been corrected,a fault occurrence table for holding a registration position of the fault occurrence information on said history table,a fault information processing section for controlling registration process of the fault occurrence information and fault recovery information into said history table, and for registration process of the registration position of the fault occurrence information on said history table into said fault occurrence table, said fault information processing section having a structure such that if the registration position of the fault occurrence information has not been registered in said fault occurrence table when the fault occurrence information is received, the fault occurrence information and the fault recovery information are registered in the corresponding areas of said history table; anda report processing section which, on the basis of the fault history prepared by said fault history preparation section and independently of fault history preparation processing carried out by said fault history preparation section, carries out processing for reporting the fault information to said monitoring apparatus.