The invention discloses a network management method and particularly comprises the following steps that a telecom equipment which supports IP is provided with network marks of IP network management and is connected with the IP network management through a simple network management protocol SNMP; the telecom equipment which supports IP makes interaction of management messages with the telecom network management and the IP network management through the network marks of IP network management. The invention can ensure that the IP network management makes uniform management of IP interfaces in the telecom equipment which supports the IP, so the soft switching network management only needs to manage TDM interfaces and soft switching business in the telecom equipment which supports the IP, which greatly improves the convenience of maintaining the telecom equipment which supports IP.