Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20070283045
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Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | This patent talks about network management of switch topology using SNMP. |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Issued Patents - US |
| Country | United States of America |
| Patent/Application # | 6,628,623 |
| Kind Code | United States (US) - United STATES Patent - A |
| Patentee Name | Ariel Noy |
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| Filing Date | September 30, 2003 |
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Excerpt
Excerpt The information is preferably derived from each switch's forwarding table and includes the switch's MAC address, the address of each of the switch's ports, and the MAC addresses of each switch that is "seen" by each port as defined hereinabove. The information may be acquired by NMS 12 by setting a simple network management protocol (SNMP) trap at each switch, where each switch provides this information to NMS 12 when a new MAC address becomes known to it. Alternatively, NMS 12 may send an SNMP request for the information to each switch. Next, each port in mapping 14 which "sees" NMS 12 or the MAC address of a router serving NMS 12, referred to herein as an "upward looking" port is identified (step 32) and eliminated from mapping 14 along with the list of switches that the port sees step 34). |
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The method of Claim 1, further comprising discovering all potential connected network switching devices in a network.
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Network topology discovery is described.
Network topology discovery is described.
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The method of Claim 1, further comprising transmitting at least one SNMP command to a network switching device, the SNMP command comprising a MAC address.
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SNMP is used.
SNMP is used.
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The medium of Claim 14, further comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising transmitting at least one SNMP command to a network switching device, the SNMP command comprising a MAC address.
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Connectivity data from the switch's forwarding table relevant to each port is obtained.
Connectivity data from the switch's forwarding table relevant to each port is obtained.
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