CN110677303A - Network management system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention is applicable to the technical field of network management, and provides a network management system. The system includes: a data collection module, which is used for regularly sending requests to an SDN controller to obtain target data; a data processing module, which is used for The target data is analyzed and processed; the device management module is used to control the switch to connect the target device; the topology module is used to obtain the device information and connection information from the device management module, and draw the network according to the obtained information. Through the design of the data collection module, the data processing module, the equipment management module and the topology module, the present invention can observe the running state of the current network and its service network in real time, better manage the basic network and its corresponding services, and at the same time provide a unified interface, so that the Other network management systems can also access and control the running status of the network through this interface, thereby effectively reducing the failure rate and complexity in the network management process.

Description

network management system

technical field

The invention belongs to the technical field of network management, and in particular relates to a network management system.

Background technique

With the deepening of cloud computing and big data applications, more and more applications, computing and storage on the Internet are concentrated in data centers. Foreign Internet companies such as Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Yahoo have built data centers for storage and Web search. And large-scale computing, some domestic Internet companies such as Baidu, Ali and Tencent have also vigorously promoted the construction of cloud data centers in recent years, and communication operators, universities, enterprises and government e-government networks have also built their own data centers. As a network that connects large-scale servers in a data center for large-scale distributed computing, the network is getting larger and larger, which brings new challenges to the network management of the data center network.

At present, data centers generally use traditional network management mechanisms, such as the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), which is based on the TCP/IP protocol, and there are various unrelated data center networks. These protocols are mainly designed for specific problems and lack common abstractions, resulting in more and more complex network device management; traditional network management is mostly based on manual management, and in the face of hundreds of thousands of virtual machines, its failure and complexity will be Significant improvement; network management still has problems such as insufficient analysis and processing capabilities for network management data, and inability to distinguish different flows and applications and perform fine-grained scheduling. These problems indicate that the traditional network management mechanism is more of a network monitoring system rather than a "control" system, and this status quo will inevitably restrict the development of data center networks.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The technical problem to be solved by the embodiments of the present invention is that the traditional network management mechanism has high failure and complexity.

The embodiment of the present invention is implemented in this way, a network management system, the system includes:

The data collection module is used to periodically send requests to the SDN controller to obtain target data;

a data processing module for analyzing and processing the acquired target data;

The device management module is used to control the switch to connect to the target device;

The topology module is used for acquiring device information and connection information from the device management module, and drawing a network according to the acquired information.

Further, the network management system also includes:

The traffic statistics module is configured to obtain the target data obtained in the data collection module, process the target data, and save the processed data in a local database.

Further, the network management system also includes:

The warning module is used to obtain the connection status of the target device and prompt the user according to the connection status.

Further, the warning module is also used to:

When the connection state is the connected state, a connection response is sent;

When the connection state is the disconnected state, a disconnection response is issued.

Further, the warning module is also used to:

Acquire the running state of the target device, and issue a fault prompt when the running state is in a fault state.

Further, the traffic statistics module is also used for:

When a query instruction is received, the traffic statistics information corresponding to the target device is acquired according to the query instruction, and the traffic statistics information is displayed.

Further, the topology module is also used for:

A network topology diagram is drawn according to the device information and the connection information, and the network topology diagram is displayed.

Further, the network management system uses Spring boot, Spring MVC, and Mybatis Plus as the framework, uses the FastJson tool as the JSON conversion, the okhttp tool as the tool class for network requests, Shiro as the authority management, and the page is displayed using Freemark technology.

Further, the network management system also includes:

The display module is configured to receive a user's display instruction, search the database for information to be displayed according to the display instruction, and display the to-be-displayed information.

In this embodiment of the present invention, through the design of a data collection module, a data processing module, a device management module and a topology module, the current network and its service network operating status can be observed in real time, the basic network and its corresponding services can be better managed, and a unified The interface enables other network management systems to access and control the running status of the network through the interface, thereby effectively reducing the failure rate and complexity in the network management process.

Description of drawings

1 is a schematic structural diagram of a network management system provided by a first embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic structural diagram of a network management system provided by a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a network management system provided by a third embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

In order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present invention, but not to limit the present invention.

Traditional network management is mostly based on manual management. In the face of hundreds of thousands of virtual machines, the failure and complexity will be significantly increased; network management also has insufficient ability to analyze and process network management data, and cannot distinguish between different flows and applications. Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a network management system with low failure rate and low complexity. In recent years, the rapidly developing Software-Defined Networking (SDN for short) technology is applied to The data center network provides new ideas and solutions for network management. SDN adopts a centralized management mechanism, implements service deployment by configuring flow tables, and can distinguish and count flows at all protocol levels, which helps to solve various defects of traditional network management systems. Therefore, applying SDN to data center networks brings new opportunities for network management.

In order to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, the following specific embodiments are used for description.

Example 1

Please refer to FIG. 1, which is a schematic structural diagram of a network management system 100 provided by the first embodiment of the present invention, including: a data collection module 10, a data processing module 11, a device management module 12, and a topology module 13, wherein:

The data collection module 10 is used for regularly sending requests to the SDN controller to obtain target data, wherein, when a new OpenFlow switch joins or leaves the network, the SDN controller can immediately discover changes in network nodes and links, and the network management system The current network status information can be updated at the same time; when the underlying physical topology changes or the virtual network is added, the physical network topology and virtual network topology can be discovered and adjusted in time, and the network management system can update the status information of the virtual network at the same time. The center's traditional network management and SDN-based network management will use the SNMP protocol to manage SDN network status data, different types of network devices, and manage virtual networks.

The data processing module 11 is used for analyzing and processing the acquired target data.

The device management module 12 is used to control the switch to connect to the target device, wherein, the connected OpenFlow switch can be found in the device management module 12, but the traditional device cannot be seen, so the traditional device needs to be manually added to prepare the display of the topology module 13 Prepare. The manually added device is sent to the controller through the data collection module 10, and the controller establishes a connection with the traditional device, so that the system can obtain the information of the traditional device from the controller.

The topology module 13 is configured to acquire device information and connection information from the device management module 12, and draw a network according to the acquired information.

Preferably, in this embodiment, the topology module 13 is further configured to: draw a network topology map according to the device information and the connection information, and display the network topology map, wherein the network topology map can be Drawing in the form of a tree diagram or a table diagram is convenient for users to view the network topology.

The web-based network management system 100 of the embodiment of the present invention integrates the technologies of the web and network management, making the web management mode more flexible and efficient than the traditional network management mode. By using the SDN technology, it is oriented to the campus and enterprise data center networks, and studies network management Strategies and development trends, designing and implementing a network management system 100. The system can observe the running status of the current network and its service network in real time, better manage the basic network and its corresponding services, and provide a unified interface, so that other network management systems 100 can also access the running status of the control network through this interface.

Embodiment 2

Please refer to FIG. 2, which is a schematic structural diagram of a network management system 100 provided by a second embodiment of the present invention, including: a data collection module 10, a data processing module 11, a device management module 12, and a topology module 13, wherein:

The data collection module 10 is used for regularly sending requests to the SDN controller to obtain target data, wherein, when a new OpenFlow switch joins or leaves the network, the SDN controller can immediately discover changes in network nodes and links, and the network management system The current network status information can be updated at the same time; when the underlying physical topology changes or the virtual network is added, the physical network topology and virtual network topology can be discovered and adjusted in time, and the network management system can update the status information of the virtual network at the same time. The center's traditional network management and SDN-based network management will use the SNMP protocol to manage SDN network status data, different types of network devices, and manage virtual networks.

The data processing module 11 is used for analyzing and processing the acquired target data.

The device management module 12 is used to control the switch to connect to the target device, wherein, the connected OpenFlow switch can be found in the device management module 12, but the traditional device cannot be seen, so the traditional device needs to be manually added to prepare the display of the topology module 13 Prepare. The manually added device is sent to the controller through the data collection module 10, and the controller establishes a connection with the traditional device, so that the system can obtain the information of the traditional device from the controller.

The topology module 13 is configured to acquire device information and connection information from the device management module 12, and draw a network according to the acquired information.

Preferably, in this embodiment, the network management system 100 further includes:

The traffic statistics module 14 is used to acquire the target data obtained in the data collection module 10, process the target data, and save the processed data in a local database. Specifically, the traffic statistics module 14 It is used to collect statistics on the traffic of each target device in real time, and based on the statistical results, the information is stored and the traffic statistics table is drawn, which effectively facilitates the subsequent viewing of traffic information for different target devices.

Further, the traffic statistics module 14 is also used for:

When a query instruction is received, the traffic statistics information corresponding to the target device is acquired according to the query instruction, and the traffic statistics information is displayed, wherein the query instruction can be a voice command, a touch command or a wireless command The query instruction stores the query identification, which can be stored in the form of a digital identification, a text identification or an image identification, and the query identification is used to point to the corresponding target device, so that the traffic statistics module 14 Query and display traffic statistics in .

In addition, in this embodiment, the topology module 13 is further configured to: draw a network topology diagram according to the device information and the connection information, and display the network topology diagram, wherein the network topology diagram can be It is drawn in the form of a tree diagram or a table diagram to facilitate the user to view the network topology.

It should be noted that the network management system 100 uses Spring boot, Spring MVC, and MybatisPlus as the framework, the FastJson tool is used as the JSON conversion, the okhttp tool is used as the tool class for network requests, Shiro is used as the authority management, and the page is displayed using Freemark technology.

Preferably, the network management system 100 further includes:

The display module 15 is configured to receive a user's display instruction, search for the information to be displayed in the database according to the display instruction, and display the to-be-displayed information, wherein the display of the to-be-displayed information may be based on a preset display device Or the preset display address is displayed in time. When the preset display device is used for display in this embodiment, the display is directly displayed on the preset display device. When the preset display address is used for display When the target display device is queried or matched based on the preset display address, the information to be displayed is displayed on the corresponding target display device according to the query or matching result of the address.

The web-based network management system 100 of the embodiment of the present invention integrates the technologies of the web and network management, making the web management mode more flexible and efficient than the traditional network management mode. By using the SDN technology, it is oriented to the campus and enterprise data center networks, and studies network management Strategies and development trends, designing and implementing a network management system 100. Through this system, the current network and its service network operation status can be observed in real time, the basic network and its corresponding services can be better managed, and a unified interface is provided, so that other network management systems 100 can also access the control network operation status through this interface.

Embodiment 3

Please refer to FIG. 3 , which is a schematic structural diagram of a network management system 100 according to a third embodiment of the present invention. The structure of the third embodiment is roughly the same as that of the second embodiment, and the difference is that the network management system in this embodiment 100 also includes:

The warning module 16 is used for acquiring the connection status of the target device and prompting the user according to the connection status, wherein the warning module 16 is used for judging the connection status and correspondingly prompting the status according to the judgment result.

Preferably, the warning module 16 is further configured to: when the connection state is the connected state, send out a connection response; when the connection state is the disconnected state, send out a disconnection response, specifically, the connection response and The disconnection response can be prompted in the form of text, voice, image or sound and light, so that the user can know the connection status of the target device, and the monitoring efficiency of the network management system 100 is improved.

Further, the warning module 16 is also used for:

Obtain the running state of the target device, and when the running state is in a fault state, send out a fault prompt, wherein, if any target device fails, the SDN controller will obtain the information at the first time, and then transmit it to the network management system 100, and finally The alarm information is sent to the user for displaying. Preferably, the fault prompt can be prompted in the form of text, voice, image or fault code.

The web-based network management system 100 of the embodiment of the present invention integrates the technologies of the web and network management, making the web management mode more flexible and efficient than the traditional network management mode. By using the SDN technology, it is oriented to the campus and enterprise data center networks, and studies network management Strategies and development trends, designing and implementing a network management system 100. Through this system, the current network and its service network operation status can be observed in real time, the basic network and its corresponding services can be better managed, and a unified interface is provided, so that other network management systems 100 can also access the control network operation status through this interface.

Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and simplicity of description, only the division of the above-mentioned functional units and modules is used as an example. The module is completed, that is, the internal structure of the storage device is divided into different functional units or modules, so as to complete all or part of the functions described above. Each functional unit and module in the implementation manner may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically alone, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit, and the above-mentioned integrated units may adopt hardware. It can also be realized in the form of software functional units. In addition, the specific names of the functional units and modules are only for the convenience of distinguishing from each other, and are not used to limit the protection scope of the present application.

The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent replacements and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present invention shall be included in the protection of the present invention. within the range.

Claims (9)

1. A network management system, the system comprising:

the data collection module is used for sending a request to the SDN controller at regular time to acquire target data;

the data processing module is used for analyzing and processing the acquired target data;

the equipment management module is used for controlling the switch to be connected with the target equipment;

and the topology module is used for acquiring the equipment information and the connection information from the equipment management module and drawing a network according to the acquired information.

2. The network management system of claim 1, wherein the network management system further comprises:

and the flow statistics module is used for acquiring the target data acquired in the data acquisition module, processing the target data and storing the processed data in a local database.

3. The network management system of claim 1, wherein the network management system further comprises:

and the warning module is used for acquiring the connection state of the target equipment and prompting a user according to the connection state.

4. The network management system of claim 3, wherein the alert module is further to:

when the connection state is the connected state, sending out a connection response;

and when the connection state is the disconnection state, sending out a disconnection response.

5. The network management system of claim 3, wherein the alert module is further to:

and acquiring the running state of the target equipment, and sending a fault prompt when the running state is in a fault state.

6. The network management system of claim 2, wherein the traffic statistics module is further to:

and when a query instruction is received, acquiring flow statistical information corresponding to the target equipment according to the query instruction, and displaying the flow statistical information.

7. The network management system of claim 1, wherein the topology module is further to:

and drawing a network topological graph according to the equipment information and the connection information, and displaying the network topological graph.

8. The network management system of claim 1, wherein the network management system uses Springboot, Spring MVC, Mybatis Plus as framework, FastJson tool as JSON conversion, okhttp tool as tool class for network requests, Shiro as rights management, and pages exposed using Freemark technology.

9. The network management system of claim 2, wherein the network management system further comprises:

and the display module is used for receiving a display instruction of a user, searching information to be displayed in the database according to the display instruction, and displaying the information to be displayed.

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