Patent ID: 7395325

Claim:
A network management system, comprising: an apparatus to be managed connected to a network and including: a first communication controller for controlling communications, a management information storage portion for dividing management information into a set of pieces of divided data having each data size able to be transmitted by a single message to the network and storing the divided management information therein, and a management information providing portion for obtaining the divided and stored management information and providing the management information to the first communication controller; and a management apparatus connected to a network and including: a second communication controller for controlling communications, and a management information requesting portion for transmitting each of a series of sequential requests to sequentially obtain each of the divided management information stored in the management information storage portion of the apparatus to be managed to the second communication controller, and a management information obtaining portion for sequentially obtaining each individual piece of divided data of the divided management information corresponding to each of the series of sequential requests performed by the management information requesting portion.