Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20070283045
Filing Date: May 31, 2006
Inventors: Ted T. Nguyen, Sarayu Srinivas Chandrapal
Assignee: HP
Current U.S. Classification: 709, 709/245000
View Prior Art for Claim 00014
A computer-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:
discovering a network switching device, and corresponding switch port, that comprises an address forwarding table that includes a predetermined end-node;
determining that the discovered network switching device forwards data solely to the predetermined end-node on the discovered switch port; and
outputting an address of the discovered network switching device and switch port.