Network management server, control method, computer program, computer readable storage medium, and network system
US7636771B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 12, 2006 |
| Grant date | Dec 22, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 31, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/0213
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Even in a large-scale network environment in which many clients and many devices exist on a network, this invention allows the network to function as an aggregation of logical small-scale networks in the execution of device driver setup. For this purpose, a management server manages a plurality of clients on the network as client groups, and a plurality of network devices as device groups. The management server then associates each client group with each device group. When a network device belonging to the device group A is newly installed and the power supply is turned on, the network device issues a Hello message indicating entry to the network. Upon receiving the Hello message, the management server transmits a setup request message for a device driver for the network device to only each client belonging to the client group A.
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