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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2004
Toshiaki Tarui, Sagamihara, JP;
Tatsuo Higuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Tarui, Sagamihara, JP;
Tatsuo Higuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Changes such as addition or removal of a device in a system composed of a number of devices are automatically detected and the physical location of the devices is managed. A management method of this invention includes a step (S) of detecting the physical location of servers (Sthrough S) connected to a network switch () that is to be monitored, steps (Sand S) of collecting a globally unique MAC address which is unique to equipment of the servers (Sthrough S) connected to the network switch () and is not shared by the equipments, and a step (S) of creating configuration information from the MAC address and from the physical connection location of the network switch ().