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Management system for updating network managed by physical manager to match changed relation between logical objects in conformity with changed content notified by logical manager

  • US 5,764,911 A
  • Filed: 02/12/1997
  • Issued: 06/09/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/13/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A network operation/management system, for managing logical objects that are logical components of a network and physical objects that are physical components of the network, comprising:

  • a logical manager, connected to said network, for managing said logical objects and relations between said logical objects;

    a physical manager, connected to said network, for managing the physical objects corresponding to said logical objects and relations between said physical objects;

    agents for controlling settings of said physical objects on said physical objects, respectively; and

    wherein said logical manager includes means for notifying said physical manager of a changed content when a change takes place in the relation between said logical objects managed by said logical manager, said physical manager includes means for updating the relation between said physical objects managed by said physical manager in conformity with the changed content notified by said logical manager and the correspondence between said logical objects and physical objects and for requesting said agents to change the settings of physical objects in a manner to match to the updated relation between said physical objects, and each of said agents changes the settings of each physical object in response to the request from said physical manager.

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