NETWORK MONITORING APPARATUS, NETWORK MONITORING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20080232266A1
• Filed: 03/07/2008
• Published: 09/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Sato, Mitsuhiro, Togasaki, Katsunari, Kamada, Masayoshi, JITSUI, Kouji
• Application Number:
  US12/044,534
• Publication Number:
  US 20080232266A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/10 Flow control; Congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/11 Identifying congestion

Abstract

A network monitoring apparatus that is in communication with a monitoring target apparatus through a network, receives traffic values transmitted from the monitoring target apparatus, accumulates the traffic values, calculates a traffic calculation value for judging congestion of the monitoring target apparatus by using the traffic values, and using a judgment target value corresponding to a traffic value as a congestion judgment target from the traffic values transmitted from the monitoring target apparatus and the traffic calculation value as a threshold value, compares the judgment target value and the threshold value. The apparatus judges whether the monitoring target apparatus is congested with traffic by using the comparison result.

Claims

1. A network monitoring apparatus in communication with a monitoring target apparatus through a network, comprising:

a traffic receiver that receives traffic values transmitted from the monitoring target apparatus;

a traffic accumulator that accumulates the traffic values;

a traffic calculator that calculates a traffic calculation value by using the accumulated traffic values; and

a congestion judger that compares a judgment target value, corresponding to a traffic value as a congestion judgment target from the accumulated traffic values, with the traffic calculation value as a threshold value, and judges based upon the comparing whether the monitoring target apparatus is congested.

2. The network monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a calculation definition file storage unit that stores calculation definition information of the traffic calculation value, wherein the traffic calculator calculates traffic calculation value on the basis of the calculation definition information stored in the calculation definition file.

3. The network monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a threshold value creator that creates the threshold value by using the traffic calculation value, wherein the congestion judger judges whether the monitoring target apparatus is congested with traffic by using the judgment target value or the created threshold value.

4. The network monitoring apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a threshold value creator that creates the threshold value by using the traffic calculation value, wherein

the congestion judger judges whether the monitoring target apparatus is congested with traffic by using the judgment target value or the created threshold value.

5. The network monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a calculation definition file storage that stores calculation definition information of the traffic calculation value, wherein:

the calculation definition information contains date information concerning an obtaining date of the traffic values as a calculation target of the traffic calculation value, and

the traffic calculator calculates the traffic calculation value by using the traffic value corresponding to the traffic values date indicated by the calculation definition information.

6. The network monitoring apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the calculation definition information contains date information concerning an obtaining date of the traffic values as a calculation target of the traffic calculation value, and

the traffic calculator calculates the traffic calculation value by using the traffic value corresponding to the traffic values date indicated by the calculation definition information.

7. The network monitoring apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a calculation definition file storage that stores calculation definition information of the traffic calculation value, wherein:

the calculation definition information contains date information concerning an obtaining date of the traffic values as a calculation target of the traffic calculation value, and

the traffic calculator calculates the traffic calculation value by using the traffic value corresponding to the traffic values date indicated by the calculation definition information.

8. The network monitoring apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the calculation definition information contains date information concerning an obtaining date of the traffic values as a calculation target of the traffic calculation value, and

the traffic calculator calculates the traffic calculation value by using the traffic value corresponding to the traffic values date indicated by the calculation definition information.

9. The network monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a calculation definition file storage that stores calculation definition information of the traffic calculation value, wherein:

the calculation definition information contains identification information for identifying the monitoring target apparatus as a calculation target of the traffic calculation value, and

the traffic calculator calculates the traffic calculation value by using the traffic value corresponding to the identification information indicated by the calculation definition information.

10. The network monitoring apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the calculation definition information contains identification information for identifying the monitoring target apparatus as a calculation target of the traffic calculation value, and

the traffic calculator calculates the traffic calculation value by using the traffic value corresponding to the identification information indicated by the calculation definition information.

11. The network monitoring apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a calculation definition file storage that stores calculation definition information of the traffic calculation value, wherein

the calculation definition information contains identification information for identifying the monitoring target apparatus as a calculation target of the traffic calculation value, and

the traffic calculator calculates the traffic calculation value by using the traffic value corresponding to the identification information indicated by the calculation definition information.

12. The network monitoring apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the calculation definition information contains identification information for identifying the monitoring target apparatus as a calculation target of the traffic calculation value, and

the traffic calculator calculates the traffic calculation value by using the traffic value corresponding to the identification information indicated by the calculation definition information.

13. The network monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a calculation definition file storage that stores calculation definition information of the traffic calculation value, wherein:

the calculation definition information contains item information concerning a type of a traffic item as a traffic calculation target of the traffic calculation value, and

the traffic calculator calculates the traffic calculation value by using the traffic value corresponding to the item information indicated by the calculation definition information.

14. The network monitoring apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the calculation definition information contains item information concerning a type of a traffic item as a calculation target of the traffic calculation value, and

the traffic calculator calculates the traffic calculation value by using the traffic value corresponding to the item information indicated by the calculation definition information.

15. The network monitoring apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a calculation definition file storage that stores calculation definition information of the traffic calculation value, wherein:

the calculation definition information contains item information concerning a type of a traffic item as a calculation target of the traffic calculation value, and

the traffic calculator calculates the traffic calculation value by using the traffic value corresponding to the item information indicated by the calculation definition information.

16. The network monitoring apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the calculation definition information contains item information concerning a type of a traffic item as a calculation target of the traffic calculation value, and

the calculating part calculates the traffic calculation value by using the traffic value corresponding to the item information indicated by the calculation definition information.

17. The network monitoring apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

the calculation definition information contains item information concerning a type of a traffic item as a calculation target of the traffic calculation value, and

the traffic calculator calculates the traffic calculation value by using the traffic value corresponding to item information indicated by the calculation definition information.

18. A method of monitoring a network, comprising:

saving traffic values;

calculating a traffic calculation value based upon the saved traffic values; and

using a judgment target value, corresponding to a traffic value as a congestion judgment target, from the saved traffic values and a threshold and/or the traffic calculation value as the threshold value and comparing the judgment target value with the threshold value; and

judging congestion according to the comparing.

19. A computer-readable recording medium storing a computer program judging congestion of a monitoring target apparatus by using traffic values transmitted from the monitoring target apparatus, the computer program causing a computer to execute operations comprising:

receiving traffic values transmitted from the monitoring target apparatus;

accumulating the traffic values;

calculating a traffic calculation value used for congestion judgment by using the accumulated traffic values; and

comparing a judgment target value, corresponding to a traffic value as a congestion judgment target, from the traffic values transmitted from the monitoring target apparatus with a threshold value and/or the traffic calculation value as the threshold value; and

judging congestion of the monitoring target apparatus according to the comparing.

20. A network monitoring apparatus in communication with a target apparatus, comprising:

a controller

accumulating traffic values of the target apparatus;

calculating a traffic calculation value based upon the accumulated traffic values;

comparing a traffic value from the accumulated traffic values with the traffic calculation value as a threshold value; and

judging congestion at the target apparatus based upon the comparing.