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Methods, systems, and computer readable media for management of passive network taps using radio frequency identification (RFID)

  • US 10,165,390 B2
  • Filed: 03/10/2016
  • Issued: 12/25/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for obtaining information regarding unpowered network taps, the method comprising:

  • in a chassis defining an enclosure and containing two or more slots,providing a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader module comprising a first RFID reader and a second RFID reader located within the enclosure, wherein the first RFID reader is configured to read RFID tag data associated with a first slot of the chassis and the second RFID reader is configured to read RFID tag data associated with a second slot of the chassis and to read RFID tag data associated with a third slot of the chassis;

    receiving, from the second RFID reader, information regarding a first unpowered network tap in the second slot;

    determining, using a known location of the second RFID reader and the information regarding the first unpowered network tap, a slot identifier associated with the first unpowered network tap, wherein the slot identifier indicates that the first unpowered network tap is in the second slot; and

    providing the information and the slot identifier to a management system.

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