摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the management load of a communication network by easily grasping the physical connection relation of communication equipment connected to the communication network. <P>SOLUTION: Location information as information for specifying the group of communication equipment 2 is acquired, and a group to which the communication equipment 2 belongs is specified from the acquired location information, and the physical connection relation of the communication equipment 2 is stored in a physical connection information table 452 shown according to the association of IP addresses, and a group connection information table 456 showing an inter-group connection relation is created, and a hierarchical information table 457 showing the hierarchical structure of each group is created based on the group connection information table 456, and a picture 900 showing the connection relation of the communication equipment 2 belonging to a certain group and the connection relation with the other groups connected to the communication equipment 2 belonging to the pertinent group is created based on the hierarchical information table 457. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT</p> |