Patent ID: 6732170
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A network management system, comprising:a physical network including a plurality of objects; a device for preparing a plurality of logical networks each having a plurality of objects corresponding to said plurality of objects of said physical network; a device for providing a database of configuration information representing mutual relations among said plurality of objects of said plurality of logical networks and said plurality of objects of said physical network to be displayed in network topology, said configuration information being related to corresponding relations of said objects connected to any adjacent objects in topology; a collecting device for collecting information on respective objects, from said physical and logical networks, to create information on topologies of said plurality of objects included in said physical and logical networks based on said configuration information representing mutual relations; a managing device for managing a mutual relation of an operation of said respective objects among said information created by said collecting device; and a display device for simultaneously displaying said plurality of objects of said plurality of logical networks and said plurality of objects of said physical network together with said mutual relations of said respective objects in topology.