JP6438900B2 - Device monitoring control system and device monitoring control method - Google Patents

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  The present invention relates to a device monitoring control system and a device monitoring control method for monitoring and controlling each network device in a network configured with a plurality of different types of network devices.

  Conventionally, both a network device {NE (network element)} of a network and an operation system (OpS) as a device monitoring control system for monitoring and controlling the NE are developed as a set by a vendor providing the NE. Has been. The communication carrier (carrier) has introduced these NE and OpS as a set.

  As a result, many different vendor OpSs exist in the carrier network, and the operator who operates the OpS needs to operate after learning the OpS of each vendor. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, it is necessary to use the OpS1 manufactured by the vendor A for the NE1 manufactured by the vendor A, and the OpS2 manufactured by the vendor B for the NE2 manufactured by the vendor B. It is necessary to input settings to NE1 to NE3 after mastering the operation of OpS1 to OpS3 of each vendor by a terminal 10 such as a personal computer (personal computer).

  On the other hand, there is a technique for making OpS compatible with multi-vendors as in Non-Patent Document 1. For example, as shown in FIG. 12, setting input from the terminal 10 operated by the operator is accepted by the common function 12 of OpS 11 in a vendor-independent manner. In OpS11, each of the common function 12 for outputting an event notification from each of the NE1 to NE3 manufactured by the A company, the B company, and the C company, and the adapters 13a to 13c for connecting the NE1 to NE3, There is a technique provided for each of the vendors NE1 to NE3. According to such one OpS 11, the operator does not need to master the operation of each vendor's OpS by the terminal device 10, and therefore, it is possible to easily perform setting input and the like to each vendor's NE 1 to NE 3.

JP 2014-132378 A

Saburo Seto and two others, “Service Activation Technology to Support Network Services”, NTT Technical Journal 2005.8, [online], [searched on January 12, 2016], Internet, <URL: http: // www .ntt.co.jp / journal / 0508 / files / jn200508018.pdf>

However, the technique for introducing OpS1 to OpS3 for each vendor as shown in FIG. 11 has the following problems.
(1) Since the operator's display on the terminal 10 and the operation method by the operator are not unified for each of the vendor's OpS1 to OpS3, the burden on the operator increases.
(2) When the server for OpS is EOL (End of Life) or the like, renewal development is required for each of the vendor's OpS1 to OpS3, so the development cost increases.

Furthermore, the technology for developing the connection adapters 13a to 13c for each vendor to support multi-vendors as shown in FIG. 12 has the following problems.
(3) When an NE specification change occurs, it is necessary to develop an adapter that reflects the NE specification. For this reason, development costs and time are required.
(4) When a new model NE is installed on the network, it is necessary to develop a new adapter. For this reason, development costs and time are required.

  These problems (1) to (4) can be solved by the OpS device of Patent Document 1. That is, in the OpS device, the following effects can be obtained by generalizing HMI (Human Machine Interface) and monitoring and control logic and simply mounting NE-specific processing as a definition file.

(1a) The operator's display on the terminal 10 and the control method by the operator are unified without depending on the vendor, and the burden on the operator is reduced.
(2a) With respect to the EOL of the OpS server, it is not necessary to carry out renewal development for each vendor OpS, so that development costs do not increase.
(3a) When the device specifications (monitoring and control method) change, OpS program modification and recompilation are not required, only CSV (Comma Separated Values) file editing, or CSV file editing and scripting It is possible to respond by adding or changing. For this reason, the development cost can be reduced and the development period can be shortened.
(4a) When dealing with a new device or model, it can be dealt with only by creating a CSV file and a script file, so that the development cost can be reduced and the development period can be shortened.

  However, in the case of managing a plurality of NEs having a dependency relationship described later between the NEs, in the conventional technique, the operator needs to be aware of these dependency relationships, increasing the burden on the operator, and the OpS is dependent on them. Processing for managing and controlling the relationship is necessary, and there is a problem that the development cost and the development period increase. Note that the subordinate relationship is, for example, another device type NE2 subordinate to NE1 (as a configuration accommodated in NE1), and further subordinate to NE1 and another device type different from NE1 and NE2. The configuration is such that NE3-5 exist. In this case, it is necessary to manage the relationship between NE1 and NE2 in a DB (DataBase), implement group management for each device type, or perform NE1 existence check processing when registering NE2. .

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and can realize management of a plurality of network devices having a dependency relationship without increasing an operator burden and without increasing development costs and development periods. It is an object of the present invention to provide a monitoring control system and a device monitoring control method.

As means for solving the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 is an apparatus monitoring control system for monitoring and controlling a plurality of network apparatuses of different types, wherein one of the plurality of network apparatuses is provided. a representative device, containing one or more network devices in the representative device as a unit of the representative device, in the unit that will be the accommodation, one or a plurality of slots for containing a package for performing predetermined processing of the network device a monitoring controller that monitors and controls the representative device by using the dependency information indicating a dependency of comprehensive to the monitoring controller, when the control order information for controlling the network device from the terminal has been notified, the Control destination content data indicating the control destination network device indicated by the control order information by the dependency relationship information, and the control destination content data Control content information indicating the control content for registering the package in the unit slot indicated by (2) is generated, the control target that is the unit slot indicated by the control destination content data is specified, and the specified control target is specified. On the other hand , a device monitoring control system is characterized in that a control command for performing an instruction to execute the control content information is generated and the control command is notified to the control target network device.

The invention according to claim 6 is a device monitoring control method by a monitoring control device for monitoring and controlling a plurality of network devices of different types, wherein the monitoring control device operates one of the plurality of network devices. a representative device, containing one or more network devices in the representative device as a unit of the representative device, in the unit that will be the accommodation, one or a plurality of slots for containing a package for performing predetermined processing of the network device A step of monitoring and controlling the representative device using the dependency relationship information indicating the comprehensive dependency relationship; and a control destination indicated by the control order information when the control order information for controlling the network device is notified from the terminal Control destination content data indicating the network device by the dependency relationship information, and a slot of the unit indicated by the control destination content data Control content information indicating control content for registering the package is generated, a control target that is a slot of a unit indicated by the control destination content data is specified, and the control content information is specified for the specified control target. And a step of generating a control command for executing an instruction to be executed and notifying the control target network device of the control command .

  According to the configuration of claim 1 and the method of claim 6, when there is a dependency relationship between a plurality of managed network devices, the plurality of devices are designated as one representative device and a virtual unit in the representative device. Can be managed as a package. For this reason, even if there are dependencies between network devices, there is no need to develop processing logic and data management that are aware of these dependencies, and devices with multiple dependencies through general device / unit / package configuration management. Can be centrally managed. For this reason, management of a plurality of network devices having a dependency relationship can be realized without an increase in operator burden and an increase in development cost and development period.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the terminal includes a display unit that displays information, and the display unit includes the representative device constructed by the monitoring control device, the unit included in the representative device, and The apparatus monitoring control system according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus monitoring control system displays the package together with the package.

  In the invention according to claim 7, the terminal includes a display unit for displaying information, and the display unit includes the representative device constructed by the monitoring control device, the unit included in the representative device, and The apparatus monitoring control method according to claim 6, wherein a step of displaying together with the package is executed.

  According to the configuration of the second aspect and the method of the seventh aspect, the dependency relationship between the plurality of network devices is centrally displayed on the display means of the terminal as the dependency relationship of the device, unit, and package. For this reason, the operator can easily perform registration and modification operations of processing devices such as network devices of different vendors and communication of the devices.

The invention according to claim 3 corresponds to configuration management information indicating that the monitoring and control device registers a package indicated by the control content information in a slot of a unit of the representative device indicated by the control destination content data. Stored in a table and indicated by the alarm information when alarm information indicating a failure or state change of the network device or alarm information indicating an event is notified or directly notified from the plurality of network devices via the representative device A failure or event occurrence part is converted into display information based on the configuration management information and notified to the terminal, and the terminal displays the failure occurrence part of the network device indicated by the notified display information. The apparatus monitoring control system according to claim 2, wherein the device monitoring control system displays the information on a means.

The invention according to claim 8 corresponds to configuration management information indicating that the monitoring and control device registers a package indicated by the control content information in a slot of a unit of the representative device indicated by the control destination content data. The step of storing in the table, and when the alarm information indicating the failure or state change of the network device or the alarm information indicating the event is notified or directly notified via the representative device from the plurality of network devices, Converting the indicated failure or event occurrence part into display information based on the configuration management information and notifying the terminal, and the terminal generates a failure in the network device indicated by the notified display information The apparatus monitoring control method according to claim 7, further comprising: displaying a part on the display unit.

  According to the configuration of claim 3 and the method of claim 8, the operator can easily identify the network device or package in which a failure or a state change event has occurred.

  According to a fourth aspect of the invention, the supervisory control device transmits the control command to the representative device, and the representative device is subordinate to the control device after receiving the transmitted control command. The device monitoring control system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the control destination network device is notified.

  According to this configuration, a control command for issuing a control command to the control target network device according to control order information by a control operation from the terminal by the operator is transmitted via the representative device indicated by the dependency relationship information of the control target content. Can be appropriately notified to the control-destination network device. Therefore, the control target network device can perform processing according to the control command.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the monitoring control device includes the unit or the package subordinate to the representative device based on information specifying the device and a correspondence table of destination addresses in the control destination content data. 4. The apparatus monitoring control system according to claim 1, wherein a control destination network apparatus corresponding to the control destination network apparatus is determined, and the control command is directly notified to the determined control destination network apparatus. It is.

According to this configuration, the control command for issuing a control command to the control destination network device according to the control order information by the control operation from the terminal by the operator is dependent on the representative device indicated by the dependency relationship information of the control destination content data. The network device can be notified directly. For this reason, the notification path can be simplified. Therefore, the control target network device can perform processing according to the control command.

  According to the present invention, there is provided a device monitoring control system and a device monitoring control method capable of realizing management of a plurality of network devices having a dependency relationship without increasing an operator burden and without increasing a development cost and a development period. be able to.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the apparatus monitoring control system which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the unit u which encloses each package p of NE of the apparatus monitoring control system of 1st Embodiment, and the slot st. It is a block diagram which shows the unification structure with which the representative NE comprised by the monitoring control apparatus of the apparatus monitoring control system of 1st Embodiment is provided. It is a flowchart for demonstrating control operation of each NE by the apparatus monitoring control system of 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram for demonstrating control operation of each NE by the apparatus monitoring control system of 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram for demonstrating other control operation | movement of each NE by the apparatus monitoring control system of 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the monitoring operation | movement of each NE by the apparatus monitoring control system of 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram for demonstrating the monitoring operation | movement of each NE by the apparatus monitoring control system of 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram for demonstrating control operation of each NE by the apparatus monitoring control system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram for demonstrating the monitoring operation | movement of each NE by the apparatus monitoring control system of 2nd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of a prior art. It is another explanatory drawing of a prior art.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
<Configuration of First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an apparatus monitoring control system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
The apparatus monitoring control system 20 shown in FIG. 1 includes a monitoring control apparatus 30, first to sixth NEs (network elements = network apparatuses) 41 to 46, and a terminal 50 including a display 50a such as a personal computer used by an operator. It is prepared for. The monitoring control device 30 includes a common unit 31, a device IF (interface) unit 32, and a definition file unit 33 that holds a correspondence table 33a.

  Each of the NEs 41 to 46 is a network device provided by the same vendor or a different vendor. For example, the first NE 41 is a network device manufactured by the vendor A, the second NE 42 is manufactured by the vendor B, and the third NEs 43-46 are the vendor C. Network device. Each NE 41 to 46 is assumed to have the above-described dependency.

  Each NE includes a unit u as in the NEs 41 and 42 shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, and communication or the like is performed in one or a plurality of (for example, four) slots st1 to st4 of the unit u. The package p is provided as a processing apparatus for performing the predetermined processing. Further, an apparatus in which no unit or package exists, such as NE43 to NE46 shown in FIGS.

The monitoring control device 30 shown in FIG. 1 performs monitoring and control of the NEs 41 to 46. First, a configuration related to the control will be described.
The common unit 31 includes one NE (for example, the first NE 41) as a representative NE among the NEs 41 to 46, and includes (accommodates) the unit u of the NE 41 itself and the unit u of the NE 42 in the representative NE 41. Each unit u includes one or a plurality of slots st, and one representative NE having a virtual subordinate relationship in which NE43 to NE46 are configured as a package p in the virtual unit u of the representative NE41. Manage as. At this time, the software configuration itself of the common unit 31 is constructed by processing logic corresponding to the dependency relationship of the device, the unit u, and the package p for each conventional device. It is not necessary to develop a new processing logic that takes into account the dependency between devices. Further, there may be a plurality of representative NEs (representative devices), and a form in which the representative NE + each physical device is left as it is is also possible.

  Dependency relationship information indicating that one representative NE described above has a dependency relationship with another NE is also shared by the terminal 50. Accordingly, it is possible to display the configuration contents of the subordinate relationship of the representative NE 41 in a unified manner on the display 50a (see FIG. 5) as the display unit of the terminal 50.

  However, in the case of each NE43 to NE46 {FIG. 2 (c) to (f)} having a single package p in the unit u, or a single-function device without the unit u and the package p, etc., FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the NE 43 to NE 46 may be combined into one unit u 3, and four slots st 1 to st 4 corresponding to each of the NE 43 to NE 46 may be included in the single unit u 3.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the common unit 31 (FIG. 1) uses the first NE 41 as the representative NE, the unit NE of the first NE 41 is the first unit u 1, and the unit u of the second NE 42 is the second NE 42. The second unit u2 is included, and the third NE43 to the sixth NE46 are collectively included as a third unit u3. Further, the first unit u1 includes a plurality of slots st1 to st4, and the second unit u2 includes a plurality of slots st1 to st4. Further, the third unit u3 includes the third NE43 as the package p9, the fourth NE44 as the package p10, the fifth NE45 as the package p11, and the sixth NE46 as the package p12. Build dependency information.

  A package p is included in each of the slots st1 to st4 of the first to third units u1 to u3. A slot number containing the package p is assigned to the units u1 to u3 in ascending order st1 to st4. In addition, the package numbers are included in the slots st1 to st4 of one unit in order, but in the present invention, for convenience of explanation, the package numbers of the units u1 to u3 are changed from the first unit u1. It was set as p1-p12 which becomes an ascending order to the 3rd unit u3.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the common unit 31 represents the dependency of each NE 41 to 46 and the control contents when the control order information for the NE 41 to 46 is notified from the terminal 50 according to the operation of the operator. Generate control key information.

  For example, the operator performs an operation of registering the package p5 in the slot st1 of the second unit u2 which is the second NE 42 shown in FIG. 3 on the terminal 50, and the control order information corresponding to this operation is stored in the common unit 31 shown in FIG. Suppose you are notified. The common unit 31 generates control key information corresponding to the contents of the control order information. The control key information includes control content information (control content information) for registering the package p5 in the slot st1 (see FIG. 3) of the second NE 42, and control destination content data (control information) indicating the control destination NE part as dependency relationship information. Prior content data) Information indicating "MEID = 1 / unit No = 2 / slot No = 1".

  In this control destination content data, ME of MEID (identification) is a management element (management element). The above-mentioned MEID = 1 represents the first NE 41, unit No = 2 represents the second NE 42, and slot No = 1 represents the slot st1. That is, the control key information including “MEID = 1 / unit No = 2 / slot No = 1” represents that the package p5 is registered in the slot st1 of the second NE 42 accommodated in the first NE 41 that is the representative device. The correspondence is managed as configuration management information. However, the configuration management information is stored and managed in the correspondence table 33a of the definition file section 33.

  The control key information generated by the common unit 31 is notified to the definition file unit 33 via the device IF unit 32. The definition file unit 33 specifies an actual control target (slot st1 of the second NE 42 in this example) from the control destination content data and the configuration management information, and generates a control command from the control content information and the correspondence table 33a. In the correspondence table 33a, control content information and control commands are associated with each other. The control command is an instruction command for executing control content information for the actual NEs 41 to 46 represented by the control key information. When the control key information is notified, the definition file unit 33 refers to the correspondence table 33a and generates a control command associated with the control key information.

  For example, when the control key information includes the control content information and the control destination content data in the above example, the definition file unit 33 instructs the registration table 33a to register the package p5 in the slot st1 of the second NE 42. Search for and generate. The generated control command is output to the device IF unit 32.

  The device IF unit 32 performs protocol processing or the like on the control command and then notifies the representative NE (for example, the first NE 41) of the control command. The present embodiment is an example in which the NE 41 as a representative device provides an IF for controlling another NE to the monitoring control device 30. In the case of this example, the NE 41 that has received a control command from the monitoring control device 30 executes a process of registering the package p5 in the slot st1 (see FIG. 3) of the second NE 42 based on the content of the control command.

Next, a configuration related to monitoring of each NE 41 to 46 will be described. In the present embodiment, when a failure occurs in each of the NEs 42 to 46 other than the representative NE 41, an example is shown in which the representative NE 41 notifies the OpS of an alarm indicating the failure.
When the representative NE 41 detects a failure in each of the NEs 42 to 46, the representative NE 41 generates an alarm device ID indicating the failure occurrence site, and transmits the alarm information including the alarm device ID to the apparatus IF unit 32. The transmitted alarm device ID is notified from the device IF unit 32 to the definition file unit 33. However, the alarm device ID is specific information of the fault occurrence part, and for example, each package number = p1 to p12 (FIG. 3) in each NE 41 to 46 is associated in advance and stored in a storage device (not shown) of the NE 41. ing.

  The configuration management information in the correspondence table 33a of the definition file unit 33 is associated with an alarm device ID and alarm key information. When the alarm file ID is notified, the definition file unit 33 refers to the configuration management information in the correspondence table 33a, and generates alarm key information associated with the alarm device ID.

  For example, if a failure occurs in the package p12 (FIG. 3) of the sixth NE 46, the sixth NE 46 sends the alarm device ID = p12 to the representative NE 41, and the representative NE 41 sends the alarm information including the alarm device ID = p12 to the device IF. It transmits to the part 32. The transmitted alarm device ID = p12 is notified from the device IF unit 32 to the definition file unit 33. The representative NE 41 monitors the first to sixth NEs 41 to 46. For example, when an abnormality occurs in the sixth NE 46, the abnormality may be detected.

  The definition file unit 33 refers to the configuration management information in the correspondence table 33a, and generates the next alarm key information associated with the alarm device ID = p12. That is, the alarm key information is “MEID = 1 / Unit No. = 3 / Slot No. = 4”. As shown in FIG. 3, MEID = 1 represents the first NE 41, and slot No = 4 of unit No = 3 represents the package p 12 of the sixth NE 46. The alarm key information generated in the definition file unit 33 in this way is sent to the common unit 31 as an event notification via the device IF unit 32. In this case, the alarm key information is virtually sent to the slot 4 of the unit 3 of the NE 41. It is notified as information indicating that a failure has occurred.

  The common unit 31 transmits an event notification as alarm key information (display information) to the terminal 50, and the terminal 50 displays the alarm specific part indicated by the alarm key information on the display 50a. For example, if the alarm key information is “MEID = 1 / unit No = 3 / slot No = 4”, it is displayed on the display 50a that a failure has occurred in the package p12 of the sixth NE 46. In addition to the above-described alarm device ID and alarm key information, various information such as information notifying the operation state is incorporated in the event notification. In addition to the form in which the alarm key information is notified to the terminal device 50 by an event, there is also a form in which the terminal device 50 (= browser) periodically polls to acquire and display an alarm from the monitoring control device 30.

<Control Operation of First Embodiment>
The operation of controlling the NEs 41 to 46 by the device monitoring control system 20 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 and the block diagram shown in FIG.
However, as described with reference to FIG. 3, the configuration contents of the subordinate relationship of the representative NE41 based on the subordinate relationship information of the units u1 to u3 of the first to sixth NE41 to 46 and the slots st1 to st4 and the packages p1 to p12. Are displayed on the display 50a in a unified manner as shown in FIG. However, in addition to this display, there is a form in which a unit number is selected and a configuration diagram is displayed for each unit number. For example, when the unit u2 is selected, a configuration diagram of only the unit 2 is displayed. At this time, the unit number can be switched by pull-down.

  In step S1 shown in FIG. 4, it is assumed that the terminal 50 shown in FIG. 5 receives an operation for selecting the slot st1 of the second unit u2 which is the second NE 42 and registering the package p5 from the operator. In step S2, control order information corresponding to the operation is notified to the common unit 31 of the monitoring control device 30 as indicated by an arrow Y1 in FIG.

  In step S3, the common unit 31 generates control key information corresponding to the content of the control order information. The control key information includes control content information for registering the package p5 in the slot st1 of the second NE 42 and control destination content data “MEID = 1 / unit No = 2 / slot No = 1” indicating the control destination NE part. . In other words, the control key information represents that the package p5 is registered in the slot st1 of the second NE42.

  In step S4, the control key information generated by the common unit 31 is notified to the definition file unit 33 via the device IF unit 32 as indicated by an arrow Y2 in FIG. In step S5, when the control key information is notified, the definition file unit 33 refers to the correspondence table 33a, identifies the control target device and the control target portion in the device, and corresponds to the control key information. Generate the attached control command. In this case, a control command instructing to register the package p5 in the slot st1 of the second NE 42 addressed to the first NE 41 is retrieved and generated.

  In step S6, the generated control command is output to the device IF unit 32 as indicated by an arrow Y3 in FIG. 5, and after the protocol processing and the like are performed by the device IF unit 32, the representative command is represented as indicated by an arrow Y4. It is transmitted to NE41. Further, as indicated by an arrow Y5, the control content according to the control command is notified from the representative NE 41 to the control target NE. In step S7, the control target NE42 executes processing for registering the package p5 in the slot st1 of the second NE42 instructed by the control content. However, there is a form in which the representative NE 41 that has received the control command terminates once and the representative NE 41 controls the NE 2 in an arbitrary control form.

<Other control operations>

Next, another control operation of the first embodiment will be described with reference to the block diagram shown in FIG.
It is assumed that the terminal 50 shown in FIG. 6 receives an operation from the operator to select the slot st3 of the third unit u3 that is the fifth NE 45 (control target NE) and execute a predetermined process. The control order information corresponding to this operation is notified to the common unit 31 of the monitoring control device 30 as indicated by the arrow Y11.

  The common unit 31 generates control key information corresponding to the contents of the control order information. The control key information includes control content information for executing predetermined processing on the fifth NE 45 and control destination content data “MEID = 1 / unit No = 3 / slot No = 3” indicating the control destination NE part. In other words, the control key information represents that the fifth NE 45 is accessed via the first NE 41 and predetermined processing is executed on the fifth NE 45.

  The control key information generated by the common unit 31 is notified to the definition file unit 33 via the device IF unit 32 as indicated by an arrow Y12. The definition file unit 33 refers to the correspondence table 33a, specifies a control target device and a control target part in the device, and generates a control command associated with the control key information. In this case, a control command that instructs the fifth NE 45 to execute a predetermined process is retrieved and generated.

  The generated control command is output to the device IF unit 32 as indicated by the arrow Y13, and after the protocol processing or the like is performed by the device IF unit 32, the control command is transmitted to the representative NE 41 as indicated by the arrow Y14. As indicated by Y15, the control object NE45 is notified. And control object NE45 performs the predetermined process instruct | indicated by a control command.

<Monitoring Operation of First Embodiment>
The operation of monitoring the NEs 41 to 46 by the apparatus monitoring control system 20 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 7 and the block diagram shown in FIG.
However, as described with reference to FIG. 3, the configuration contents of the subordinate relationships of the representative NE41 based on the subordinate relationship information of the units u1 to u3 of the first to sixth NE41 to 46 and the slots st1 to st4 and the packages p1 to p12. Is displayed on the display 50a in a unified manner as shown in FIG.

  Assume that a failure has occurred in the package p12 of the sixth NE 46 shown in FIG. 8 in step S11 shown in FIG. In step S12, the sixth NE 46 sends an alarm device ID = p12 indicating that a failure has occurred in its own device to the representative NE 41, as indicated by an arrow Y31. In addition, when the representative NE 41 constantly monitors the first to sixth NEs 41 to 46 and detects a failure of the sixth NE 46, the representative NE 41 issues an alarm based on the alarm device ID list of other NEs managed in the NE 41. Device ID = p12 may be generated. In step S13, the representative NE 41 notifies the definition file unit 33 via the device IF unit 32 of the alarm device ID = p12 as indicated by arrows Y32 and Y33.

  In step S14, the definition file unit 33 refers to the correspondence table 33a and generates alarm key information “MEID = 1 / unit No = 3 / slot No = 4” associated with the alarm device ID = p12. In the alarm key information, as shown on the display 50a, MEID = 1 represents the first NE 41, unit No. 3 represents the third to sixth NEs 43 to 46, and slot No. 4 represents the package p12 of the sixth NE 46.

  The alarm key information generated in this way by the definition file unit 33 is sent to the common unit 31 via the device IF unit 32 as shown by the arrow Y34 in step S15, and further, as shown by the arrow Y35. The terminal 31 notifies the terminal 50. In step S <b> 16, the terminal 50 displays the alarm specific part indicated by the alarm key information on the display 50 a. That is, since the alarm key information is “MEID = 1 / Unit No. = 3 / Slot No. = 4”, it is displayed on the display 50a that a failure has occurred in the package p12 of the sixth NE 46.

<Effects of First Embodiment>
As described above, the device monitoring control system 20 that monitors and controls the plurality of NEs 41 to 46 by the terminal 50 according to the present embodiment has the following characteristic configuration.
(1) One of a plurality of NEs 41 to 46 is set as a representative NE, and one or more of NEs 41 to 46 are included (managed) as a unit u in the representative NE, and each included unit u is included. In addition, the monitoring control device 30 includes configuration management information including one or a plurality of packages p for performing predetermined processing of the network device. Further, when the control order information for controlling the NEs 41 to 46 is notified from the terminal 50 to the common unit 31, the supervisory control device 30 performs control based on the control contents of the control order information and the configuration management information. The destination NEs 41 to 46 and the parts to be controlled in the NEs 41 to 46 are specified, a control command for giving a control command to the control destination NEs 41 to 46 is generated, and the control destination NEs 41 to 46 are notified.

  According to this configuration, when there is a dependency relationship between a plurality of management target NEs 41 to 46, the plurality of NEs 41 to 46 are centrally managed as one representative NE 41 and a virtual unit u and package p in the representative NE 41. it can. For this reason, even if there is a dependency relationship between NE devices, it is not necessary to develop processing logic and data management in consideration of the dependency relationship, and a device having a plurality of dependency relationships by general device / unit / package configuration management. Can be centrally managed. For this reason, the management of a plurality of NEs 41 to 46 having a dependency relationship can be realized without an increase in operator burden and without an increase in development cost and development period.

  (2) The terminal 50 includes a display 50a for displaying information, and displays the representative NE 41 constructed by the monitoring control device 30 together with the unit u and the package p included in the representative NE 41 on the display 50a. I made it.

  As a result, the dependency relationship between the plurality of NEs 41 to 46 is centrally displayed on the display 50a of the terminal 50 as the dependency relationship between the NE, the unit, and the package. For this reason, the operator can easily perform registration and modification operations of processing devices such as NE 41 to 46 of different vendors and communication of the NEs 41 to 46.

  (3) The monitoring control device 30 notifies the alarm when the alarm information indicating the fault or state change of the NE 41 to 46 or the alarm information indicating the event is notified or directly notified from the plurality of NE 41 to 46 via the representative NE 41. The failure or event occurrence part indicated by the information is converted into display information based on the configuration management information and notified to the terminal device 50. The terminal 50 displays the failure occurrence parts of the NEs 41 to 46 indicated by the notified display information on the display 50a.

  As a result, the operator can easily identify the NEs 41 to 46 and the package p in which a failure or a state change event has occurred.

  (4) The supervisory control device 30 transmits a control command to the representative NE 41, and the representative NE 41 receives the transmitted control command and notifies the control destination NE (eg, NE 42) subordinate to the representative NE 41 of the control command. To do.

  As a result, a control command for giving a control command to the control destination NE 42 according to the control order information by the control operation from the terminal 50 by the operator is appropriately sent to the control destination NE 42 via the representative NE 41 indicated by the dependency relationship information. You can be notified. The control destination NE 42 can perform processing according to the control command. Even if the representative NE 41 after receiving the transmitted control command controls the control destination NE 42 with an arbitrary control IF, the control destination NE 42 can perform the same processing as the control command.

<Configuration of Second Embodiment>
FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an apparatus monitoring control system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
The device monitoring control system 20A of the second embodiment shown in FIG. 9 is different from the first embodiment in that a control destination determination unit 32b is provided in the device IF unit 32A of the monitoring control device 30A, and this control destination determination unit 32b This is because the control command is directly transmitted to the determined control destination NEs 41 to 46.

  The control destination determination unit 32 b determines the control destination NE from the control destination content data “MEID / unit No / slot No” notified from the common unit 31 and the device management list. The device management list is a correspondence table between information for specifying devices and destination addresses (IP addresses, etc.) in the control destination content data, and is managed by the device IF unit 32A.

  The device IF unit 32A directly transmits a control command to the determined control destination NE. The control destination NE notified of this control command executes control content information included in the control command, for example, control content information such as registering the package p in the slot st of the NE.

<Control Operation of Second Embodiment>
The operation of controlling the NEs 41 to 46 by the apparatus monitoring control system 20A will be described with reference to FIG. However, on the display 50a, the configuration contents of the subordinate relationships of the representative NE41 based on the subordinate relationship information of the units u1 to u3 of the first to sixth NE41 to 46 and the slots st1 to st4 and the packages p1 to p12 are centrally displayed. Suppose that

  It is assumed that the terminal 50 receives an operation for selecting the slot st1 of the second unit u2 that is the second NE 42 and registering the package p5 from the operator. Control order information corresponding to this operation is notified to the common unit 31 of the monitoring control apparatus 30A as indicated by an arrow Y41. The common unit 31 generates control key information corresponding to the contents of the control order information. The control key information includes control content information for registering the package p5 in the slot st1 of the second NE 42 and control destination content data “MEID = 1 / unit No = 2 / slot No = 1” indicating the control destination NE part. . This correspondence is managed as configuration management information.

  The control key information generated by the common unit 31 is notified to the definition file unit 33 via the device IF unit 32A, as indicated by an arrow Y42, and the definition file unit 33 refers to the correspondence table 33a to control the control target device, And while specifying the control object site | part in the said apparatus, the control command matched with the control key information is produced | generated. In this case, the control command includes control content information instructing to register the package p5 in the slot st1 of the second NE. The control command is output to the device IF unit 32A as indicated by an arrow Y43.

  The control destination determination unit 32b of the device IF unit 32A has the control destination content data “MEID = 1 / unit No = 2 / slot No = 1” notified from the common unit 31 and the control destination is NE42 from the device management list. And the destination address of the NE 42 is determined. The device IF unit 32A notifies the control command directly to the destination address of the determined control destination NE42, as indicated by an arrow Y44. Then, the control destination NE 42 executes processing of control content information instructed by the control command. That is, a process of registering the package p5 in the slot st1 of the own NE 42 is executed. When the control command is directly notified from the device IF unit 32A to the control destination NE42, it is performed via a control IF (not shown) provided on the input / output side of the control destination NE42.

<Monitoring Operation of Second Embodiment>
Next, the monitoring operation of the NEs 41 to 46 by the apparatus monitoring control system 20A will be described with reference to the block diagram shown in FIG. However, on the display 50a, the configuration contents of the subordinate relationships of the representative NE41 based on the subordinate relationship information of the units u1 to u3 of the first to sixth NE41 to 46 and the slots st1 to st4 and the packages p1 to p12 are centrally displayed. Suppose that

  When a failure occurs in the package p12 of the sixth NE 46 shown in FIG. 10, the alarm generation NE 46 directly transmits the alarm information including the alarm device ID = p12 indicating the failure occurrence of the own device as indicated by the arrow Y51. Send to. The transmitted alarm device ID = p12 is notified from the device IF unit 32A to the definition file unit 33 as indicated by an arrow Y52. When the alarm generation NE 46 transmits the alarm device ID = p12 to the device IF unit 32A, a monitoring IF (not shown) is provided on the input / output side of the alarm generation NE 46, and this is performed via this monitoring IF.

  The subsequent processing is the same as in the first embodiment. That is, alarm key information “MEID = 1 / unit No = 3 / slot No = 4” associated with the alarm device ID = p12 is generated in the definition file unit 33, and as shown by arrows Y53, Y54 31 is notified to the terminal 50, and the display 50a indicates that a failure has occurred in the package p12 of the sixth NE 46.

<Effects of Second Embodiment>
As described above, the device monitoring control system 20A that monitors and controls the plurality of NEs 41 to 46 by the terminal 50 of the present embodiment has the following characteristic configuration (1).
The monitoring control device 30A determines a control destination NE (eg, NE46) corresponding to a unit or slot subordinate to the representative NE based on the control destination content data and the device management list, and controls the NE 46 thus determined. The command was notified directly.

  According to this configuration, a control command for giving a control command to the control destination NE 46 in accordance with control order information by a control operation from the terminal 50 by the operator is subordinate to the representative NE 41 indicated by the control destination content dependency information. The NE 46 can be notified directly. For this reason, the notification path can be simplified. The control destination NE 46 can perform processing according to the control command.

  In addition, about a concrete structure, it can change suitably in the range which does not deviate from the main point of this invention.

20, 20A device monitoring control system 30, 30A monitoring control device 31 common unit 32, 32A device IF
32b Control destination determination unit 33 Definition file unit 33a Correspondence table 41 to 46 First to sixth NEs (network device)
50 terminal 50a display u unit p, p1 to p12 package st1 to st4 slot

Claims (8)

A device monitoring control system for monitoring and controlling a plurality of network devices of different types,
A representative device of one of the plurality of network devices, one or more network devices in the representative device accommodated as a unit of the representative device, in the unit that will be the accommodation, predetermined processing of the network device A monitoring control device that monitors and controls the representative device using dependency relationship information indicating a dependency relationship including one or a plurality of slots that enclose a package for performing
When the control order information for controlling the network device is notified from the terminal, the supervisory control device has control destination content data indicating the control destination network device indicated by the control order information by the dependency information; Control content information indicating the control content for registering the package in the slot of the unit indicated by the control destination content data, and specifying the control target that is the slot of the unit indicated by the control destination content data. A device monitoring control system, comprising: generating a control command for performing an instruction to execute the control content information on the controlled object, and notifying the control destination network device of the control command . The terminal includes display means for displaying information, and the display unit displays the representative device constructed by the monitoring control device together with the unit and the package included in the representative device. The apparatus monitoring control system according to claim 1. The supervisory control device stores in the correspondence table as configuration management information indicating that the package indicated by the control content information is registered in the slot of the representative device unit indicated by the control destination content data,
When an alarm or event indicating a failure or status change of the network device is notified or directly notified from the plurality of network devices via the representative device, the failure or event occurrence part indicated by the alarm information Is converted into display information based on the configuration management information and notified to the terminal, and the terminal displays the failure occurrence part of the network device indicated by the notified display information on the display means. The apparatus supervisory control system according to claim 2. The supervisory control device transmits the control command to the representative device, and the representative device notifies the control destination network device subordinate to the representative device after receiving the transmitted control command. The apparatus supervisory control system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein The supervisory control device determines a control destination network device corresponding to the unit or the package subordinate to the representative device based on the information specifying the device and the correspondence table of destination addresses in the control destination content data. The apparatus monitoring control system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the control command is directly notified to the determined control target network apparatus. A device monitoring control method by a monitoring control device for monitoring and controlling a plurality of network devices of different types,
The monitoring and control device includes:
A representative device of one of the plurality of network devices, one or more network devices in the representative device accommodated as a unit of the representative device, in the unit that will be the accommodation, predetermined processing of the network device Monitoring and controlling the representative device using dependency relationship information indicating a dependency relationship including one or a plurality of slots containing a package for performing
When the control order information for controlling the network device is notified from the terminal, the control destination content data indicating the control destination network device indicated by the control order information by the dependency information, and the control destination content data Control content information indicating the control content for registering the package in the slot of the indicated unit is generated, the control target that is the slot of the unit indicated by the control destination content data is specified, and the control target information Generating a control command for performing an instruction to execute the control content information and notifying the control destination network device of the control command ;
The apparatus monitoring control method characterized by performing this. The terminal includes a display unit for displaying information, and the display unit displays the representative device constructed by the monitoring control device together with the unit and the package included in the representative device. The apparatus monitoring control method according to claim 6. The monitoring and control device includes:
Storing in a correspondence table as configuration management information indicating that a package indicated by the control content information is registered in a slot in a unit of the representative device indicated by the control destination content data;
When an alarm or event indicating a failure or status change of the network device is notified or directly notified from the plurality of network devices via the representative device, the failure or event occurrence part indicated by the alarm information Converting the display information into display information based on the configuration management information and notifying the terminal,
8. The apparatus monitoring control method according to claim 7, wherein the terminal performs a step of displaying on the display means a failure occurrence part of the network apparatus indicated by the notified display information.

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