| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To speedily carry out a con condition confirmation of a management object device and a management pass with a high reliability. SOLUTION: A direct pass to a drive 103 and a pass via servers 101, 102 are prepared as the management pass from a management tool 111 to drive 103. At the time of activation of the management tool 111, an Alive confirmation request is transmitted to LAN 100 by a broadcast packet in which a specific port number is designated. The request is transmitted to management Agents 121-123 as shown by arrows 301a-301c when aiming at the drive 103. The management Agents 121-123 carry out the Alive confirmation of the drive 103 within a constant time as shown by arrows 302a-302c and returns a result to the management tool 111 as shown by arrows 303a-303c. The management tool 111 synthesizes the result returned within a monitoring time to carry out the Alive confirmation of the disc drive 103.
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