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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2003
Kiminori Sugauchi, Yokohama, JP;
Minoru Koizumi, Yokohama, JP;
Michio Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a technique suitable for configuration management of a network for which the number of logical network layers can be set. A network management apparatusreceives an address definition information file defining logical hierarchical structure of an IPv6 network, from an operator through a definition information reception unit. A configuration analysis unitgenerates management tables defining hierarchical relationships of logical networks, based on the address definition information file and IP addresses collected respectively by an information collection unitfrom network elements belonging to the IPv6 network, and registers the management tables into a management DB unit