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<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically assign another route to communication between nodes, without increasing the price of a device constituting a node, if any fault occurs on a communication route. <P>SOLUTION: Network management software 12 includes a fault event receiver 122 for performing processing for receiving a fault event from a network device (node); a fault event analyzer 123 for analyzing the fault event; and a fault handling method searching part 124 for searching for how a fault specified as a result of analysis is to be handled. Furthermore, the software includes a configuration information management 126 for performing processing to grasp a present network configuration; a configuration modification pattern searching part 127 for searching for a new network configuration in accordance with the fault handling method; and a configuration modification instruction part 128 for transmitting to a network device information (instruction) indicative of a modified network configuration. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI</p> |