NETWORK MANAGEMENT

摘要

An apparatus for monitoring the operation of a network comprising at least one network monitoring node which runs a local software task to gather and store data representative of traffic on the network local to that node. At least one network management node runs client software applications which collect and return to the management node stored traffic representative data from the at least one network monitoring node. The network management node comprises means for controlling data collection connections to the at least one network monitoring node such that data collected by simultaneously running client applications is returned to the network management node on a common physical connection. Where the network comprises a plurality of segments linked by a switch each segment may include a network monitoring node.