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Method and apparatus for SNA/IP correlation with multiple DSW peer connections

  • US 6,571,272 B1
  • Filed: 05/20/1999
  • Issued: 05/27/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for correlating information pertaining to a host and a physical unit of a data link switching (DLSW) network having multiple source-route-bridge (SRB) subnetworks interconnected by DLSw peer routers in a multi-hop peer connection topology, the network including a network management station (NMS) having a first database for storing system network architecture (SNA)-specific information and a second database for storing IP-specific information, the method comprising the steps of:

  • determining a number of DLSw circuits in the DLSw network;

    verifying that each DLSw circuit has a similar state;

    determining an order of the respective DLSw peer routers by comparing routing information fields (RIFs) of the routers; and

    drawing the multi-hop peer connection topology of the DLSw network.

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