Network management system with a hardware resource management module shared between networks
US5961595A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 19, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 5, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 19, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/08
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A network management system comprising a manager, a resource manager for managing resources of a managed device by an inherent protocol, and an interface, directly managed by the manager, for sending the resource manager an operation request issued from the manager by the standard protocol after it has been converted into the operation request by the inherent protocol and sending the manager a reply message from the resource manager after it has been converted into the message by the standard protocol, the resource manager characterized in that an instance of the managed device is managed by the same unit as the managed object in the managed information base connected to the interface.
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