Patent ID: 8125900
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A network equipment management device connected to a plurality of network equipments through a network, the device comprising: a transmission information creation unit that creates transmission information which includes setting information and order information, the setting information including respective information for the plurality of network equipments, the order information specifying order of the plurality of network equipments in which corresponding respective information of the setting information is to be set in response to reception of trigger information; and a transmission unit that transmits the transmission information created in the transmission information creation unit to the plurality of network equipments by multicast, and transmits the trigger information to a first network equipment specified in the order information through the network, the trigger information being sequentially transmitted from N (N=1, 2, . . . )-th network equipment to (N+1)-th network equipment according to the order of the plurality of network equipments, wherein each of the plurality of network equipments activates a timer in response to reception of the trigger information, and transmits the trigger information to a destination network equipment according to the order information based on a count result of the timer.