Communication system, communication method, server equipment, and communication equipment

• US 9,515,962 B2
• Filed: 11/03/2015
• Issued: 12/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Torigoe, Keisuke, Hidaka, Youichi
• Primary Examiner(s): SMARTH, GERALD A
• Application Number:
  US14/931,340
• Publication Number:
  US 20160119252A1
• Time in Patent Office: 399 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/40 using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0811 by checking connectivity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/20 the monitoring system or the monitored elements being virtualised, abstracted or software-defined entities, e.g. SDN or NFV
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 49/15 Interconnection of switching modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 49/3036 Shared queuing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 49/55 Prevention, detection or correction of errors
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/40 for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity, e.g. service redundancy protocols, protocol state redundancy or protocol service redirection management of faults, events, alarms or notifications in data switching networks H04L41/06

Abstract

A server includes a plurality of network interfaces capable of communicating between the server and a plurality of communication apparatus which includes network ports capable of connecting a communication cable; a first unit specifying a pair of the network ports, which are connected via the communication cable, according to information related to connectivity of the network ports; and a second unit sending an instruction to the communication apparatus; wherein the instruction is to connect a first end of the communication cable to a first port corresponds to the specified port, and to connect a second end of the communication cable to a second port corresponds to the specified port.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus comprising:

a communication port to which a communication cable is detachably connected;

a connection notification transmitting unit configured to transmit, to a server, communication port identification information for identifying said communication port to which said communication cable is connected; and

a first notification device configured to indicate, in a viewable manner, a communication port corresponding to a first notification instruction received from the server as a communication port to which the communication cable is required to be connected,

wherein the first notification device is capable of communicating with a plurality of network interfaces of the server, the plurality of network interfaces include network ports capable of connecting the communication cable,

wherein a first unit of server specifies a pair of the network ports, which are connected via the communication cable, according to information related to connectivity of the network ports;

wherein the first notification unit receives instructions from a second unit of the server, and

wherein the instruction is to connect a first end of the communication cable to a first port corresponding to the specified port, and to connect a second end of the communication cable to a second port corresponding to the specified port,

wherein the server comprises a memory storing program instructions and a processor configured to execute the program instructions to implement the first unit and the second unit.

2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the second unit detects the communication cable is connected to the first port and the second port;

and

wherein the first notification unit is capable of receiving from the second unit an alert, according to a network status between the first port and the second port.

3. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a displaying unit,

wherein the second unit is capable of changing the displaying unit by the instruction.