| 摘要 |
<p>The method is applied to configure, reconfigure and monitor globally a plurality of network elements (NE<SUB>1</SUB>, , NE<SUB>i</SUB>, , NE<SUB>j</SUB>, , NE<SUB>N</SUB>) connected to an IP Network (10) through multiple interfaces (A<SUB>1</SUB>, , A<SUB>N</SUB>), with several Network Elements Controllers (NEC<SUB>1</SUB>, , NEC<SUB>k</SUB>, , NEC<SUB>Q</SUB>) connected to the same IP Network (10) through respective interfaces (B<SUB>1</SUB>, , B<SUB>Q</SUB>). The IP Network (10) also provides a plurality of preconfigured IP functional interfaces (C<SUB>ik</SUB>) from each network element (NE<SUB>i</SUB>) to the at least one network elements controller (NEC<SUB>k</SUB>). Each network element (NE<SUB>i</SUB>) has an IP networking layer (9) and runs/executes several network-related processes (P<SUB>1</SUB>, , P<SUB>L</SUB>) managed and monitored by this method. The method also provides configuration and monitoring of IP interfaces (D<SUB>ij</SUB>) among network elements. The existing IP functional interfaces (C<SUB>ik</SUB>) are used to perform such managing and monitoring. To get these aims, the method performs high-level actions instead of atomic "get/set" operations. Neither the method neither requires explicit agents-manager paradigm nor depends on a particular communication protocol for network management.</p> |
