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Dynamic virtual local area network connection process

  • US 6,651,093 B1
  • Filed: 10/22/1999
  • Issued: 11/18/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of dynamically connecting a system under test (“

  • SUT”

    ) to and disconnecting said SUT from a virtual local area network (“

    VLAN”

    ) using a VLAN-capable switch connected to the SUT, comprising;

    said SUT executing a DVLAN command;

    responsive to said execution of said DVLAN command, updating a switch file;

    promoting said updated switch file to said VLAN-capable switch;

    rebooting said SUT;

    checking a MAC address of said SUT against said switch file to determine whether said updated switch file contains a MAC address-to-VLAN correlation entry for said SUT;

    responsive to a determination that said updated switch file does contain a MAC address-to-VLAN correlation (“

    MAC-VLAN”

    ) entry for said SUT, connecting said SUT to a VLAN indicated in said MAC-VLAN entry; and

    responsive to a determination that said updated switch file does not contain a MAC-VLAN entry for said SUT, connecting said SUT to a default VLAN for said VLAN-capable switch.

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