Methods, systems, and computer readable media for management of passive network taps using radio frequency identification (RFID)
First Claim
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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Abstract
According to one system, the system includes a chassis defining an enclosure and containing one or more slots. The system further includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader module comprising at least one processor and one or more RFID readers located within the enclosure, wherein the one or more RFID readers are configured to read data stored in RFID tags associated with one or more unpowered network taps. The RFID reader module is configured to receive, from a first RFID reader associated with a first slot of the chassis, information regarding a first unpowered network tap in the first slot, to determine, using a known location of the first RFID reader, a slot identifier associated with the first unpowered network tap, wherein the slot identifier indicates that the first unpowered network tap is in the first slot, and to provide the information and the slot identifier to a management system.
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18 Claims
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for obtaining information regarding unpowered network taps, the system comprising:
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a chassis defining an enclosure and containing two or more slots; a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader module comprising at least one processor and 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; and wherein the RFID reader module is configured to receive, from the second RFID read, information regarding a first unpowered network tap in the second slot, to determine, 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 to provide the information and the slot identifier to a management system. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon executable instructions embodied in the computer readable medium that when executed by at least one processor of at least one computer cause the at least one computer to perform steps 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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