Methods of Using Control Communications to Identify Devices that are Connected Through a Communications Patching System and Related Communications Patching Systems
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1. A method of identifying a first networked computing device that is connected to a connector port of a communications patching system, the method comprising:
- passing a control communication that is transmitted by the first networked computing device through the connector port;
extracting an identifier associated with the first networked computing device from the control communication; and
logging the identifier in a connectivity database that associates the identifier with the connector port.
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Abstract
Methods of identifying a first networked computing device that is connected to a connector port of a communication patching system are provided in which a control communication that is transmitted by the first networked computing device is passed through the connector port. An identifier associated with the first networked computing device is extracted from this control communication. The identifier may then be logged in a connectivity database that associates the identifier with the connector port.
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1. A method of identifying a first networked computing device that is connected to a connector port of a communications patching system, the method comprising:
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passing a control communication that is transmitted by the first networked computing device through the connector port; extracting an identifier associated with the first networked computing device from the control communication; and logging the identifier in a connectivity database that associates the identifier with the connector port. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of identifying a first device that is connected through a communications patching system, the method comprising:
extracting at a connector port of a patch panel of the communications patching system an identifier associated with the first device that is embedded within a control communication that is transmitted from the first device to a second device via the connector port. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A communications patching system, comprising:
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a patch panel that comprises a plurality of connector ports and a plurality of probes, wherein each probe is configured to extract information from control communications that are transmitted through a respective one of the connector ports that is associated with the probe; and a processor, wherein the processor is coupled to the plurality of probes and is configured to read device identifiers that are contained within the extracted information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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