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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masahito Hirai, Kawasaki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A management apparatus according to embodiments of the present invention acquires, in a case where an internet protocol (IP) address of a network device having a plurality of network interfaces used for communicating with the network device is an IP address of an internet protocol version 6 (IPv6), all of values of an ipAddressIfIndex managed by the network device from the network device, and selects a value of an IfIndex corresponding to the IP address of the IPv6. In a case where the IP address of the network device is an IP address of an internet protocol version 4 (IPv4), the management apparatus acquires a value managed with an ipAdEntIfIndex from the network device.