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Dynamic discovery of ISO layer-2 topology

  • US 20070115967A1
  • Filed: 07/17/2006
  • Published: 05/24/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of determining a layer-2 topology of an IT infrastructure comprising layer-2 interconnect devices having ports, the method comprising:

  • obtaining a list of layer-2 interconnect devices available in the IT infrastructure, determining uplink and non-uplink ports of the layer-2 interconnect devices, assigning all the, or a subset of the, layer-2 interconnect devices to one initial group, iteratively refining the initial group by selecting a layer-2 interconnect device of the group and assigning all layer-2 interconnect devices reachable via its non-uplink ports to new subgroups.

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