INTERFACE CONTROL SYSTEM AND INTERFACE CONTROL METHOD

• US 20110188373A1
• Filed: 01/28/2011
• Published: 08/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: SAITO, SHUICHI
• Granted Patent: US 8,750,106 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/230
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/24 Testing correct operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks

Abstract

An interface control system of network equipment, includes: a logical interface which is an interface of a logical group; physical ports which belong to the logical group; and an interface control section configured to incorporate the logical interface and the physical ports as management objects into a management interface when validation of a predetermined function has been performed to each of the logical interface and the physical ports.

Claims

1. An interface control system of network equipment, comprising:

a logical interface which is an interface of a logical group;

physical ports which belong to said logical group; and

an interface control section configured to incorporate said logical interface and said physical ports as management objects into a management interface when validation of a predetermined function has been performed to each of said logical interface and said physical ports.

2. The interface control system according to claim 1, wherein said interface control section manipulates each of said physical ports to be out of the management object without automatically incorporating said physical port into said management interface, until it is confirmed that the validation of the predetermined function has been performed to said physical port, even when the validation of the predetermined function has been performed to said logical interface.

3. The interface control system according to claim 1, wherein said interface control section manipulates an invalidated interface to be out of the management object by deleting said invalidated interface that the predetermined function is invalidated, from said management interface, if invalidation of the predetermined function has been performed to said at least one interface of said logical interface and said physical ports when said logical interface and said physical ports have been incorporated into said management interface as the management object.

4. An interface control method of network equipment, comprising:

individually receiving validation of a predetermined function to each of a logical interface which is an interface of a logical group, and physical ports which belong to said logical group; and

incorporating said logical interface and said physical ports as a management object into a management interface when validation of a predetermined function has been performed to each of said logical interface and said physical ports.

5. The interface control method according to claim 4, further comprising:

manipulating each of said physical ports to be out of the management object without automatically incorporating said physical port into said management interface, until it is confirmed that the validation of the predetermined function has been performed to said physical port, even when the validation of the predetermined function has been performed to said logical interface.

6. The interface control method according to claim 4, further comprising:

receiving invalidation of the predetermined function to at least one interface of said logical interface and said physical ports when said logical interface and said physical ports as the management object have been incorporated into said management interface; and

manipulating an invalidated interface to be out of the management object by deleting the invalidated interface in which the predetermined function has been invalidated, from said management interface, when the invalidation of the predetermined function has been performed to at least one interface of said logical interface and said physical ports.

7. A computer-readable tangible recording medium in which a computer-executable program code is stored to attain an interface control method of network equipment, which said interface control method comprises:

individually receiving validation of a predetermined function to each of a logical interface which is an interface of a logical group, and physical ports which belong to said logical group; and

incorporating said logical interface and said physical ports as a management object into a management interface when validation of a predetermined function has been performed to each of said logical interface and said physical ports.

8. The computer-readable tangible recording medium according to claim 7, wherein said interface control method further comprises:

manipulating each of said physical ports to be out of the management object without automatically incorporating said physical port into said management interface, until it is confirmed that the validation of the predetermined function has been performed to said physical port, even when the validation of the predetermined function has been performed to said logical interface.

9. The computer-readable tangible recording medium according to claim 7, wherein said interface control method further comprises:

receiving invalidation of the predetermined function to at least one interface of said logical interface and said physical ports when said logical interface and said physical ports as the management object have been incorporated into said management interface; and

manipulating an invalidated interface to be out of the management object by deleting the invalidated interface in which the predetermined function has been invalidated, from said management interface, when the invalidation of the predetermined function has been performed to at least one interface of said logical interface and said physical ports.