Systems and methods for monitoring physical paths within a computer network
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for monitoring physical paths within a computer network, at least a portion of the method being performed by a host comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:
- identifying a first logical path that comprises a data structure that identifies a physical path within a computer network;
identifying the physical path that corresponds to the first logical path;
probing the physical path to determine whether the first logical path is active;
identifying at least one additional logical path that is different from the first logical path;
determining that a data structure of the at least one additional logical path identifies the same physical path identified by the data structure of the first logical path;
using the results of the probe of the physical path to determine whether the at least one additional logical path is active without probing the physical path an additional time;
providing at least a portion of the results of the probe of the physical path to an additional host within the computer network to enable the additional host to determine whether at least one additional physical path that is different from the physical path is active without actually probing the at least one additional physical path.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for monitoring physical paths within a computer network may include: 1) identifying a first logical path within a computer network, 2) identifying a physical path that corresponds to the first logical path, 3) probing the physical path to determine whether the first logical path is active, 4) identifying a second logical path within the computer network, 5) determining that the physical path also corresponds to the second logical path, and then 6) using the results of the probe of the physical path to determine whether the second logical path is active without probing the physical path a second time. Additional computer-implemented methods for monitoring physical paths within multi-host computer networks are also disclosed.
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1. A computer-implemented method for monitoring physical paths within a computer network, at least a portion of the method being performed by a host comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:
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identifying a first logical path that comprises a data structure that identifies a physical path within a computer network; identifying the physical path that corresponds to the first logical path; probing the physical path to determine whether the first logical path is active; identifying at least one additional logical path that is different from the first logical path; determining that a data structure of the at least one additional logical path identifies the same physical path identified by the data structure of the first logical path; using the results of the probe of the physical path to determine whether the at least one additional logical path is active without probing the physical path an additional time; providing at least a portion of the results of the probe of the physical path to an additional host within the computer network to enable the additional host to determine whether at least one additional physical path that is different from the physical path is active without actually probing the at least one additional physical path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-implemented method for monitoring physical paths within a computer network, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:
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at a first host in a computer network; identifying a first logical path that comprises a data structure that identifies a first physical path within the computer network; identifying the first physical path that corresponds to the first logical path; probing the first physical path to determine whether the first logical path is active; providing at least a portion of the results of the probe of the first physical path to a second host in the computer network; at the second host; identifying at least one additional physical path that is different from the first physical path; determining that a data structure of the at least one additional physical path identifies at least a portion of the same physical path identified by the data structure of the first logical path; using the results of the probe of the first physical path to determine whether the at least one additional physical path is active without actually probing the at least one additional physical path. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for monitoring physical paths within a computer network, the system comprising:
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a path-identification module programmed to; identify a first logical path that comprises a data structure that identifies a physical path within a computer network; identify the physical path that corresponds to the first logical path; identify at least one additional logical path that is different from the first logical path; determine that a data structure of the at least one additional logical path identifies the same physical path identified by the data structure of the first logical path; a path-probing module programmed to probe the physical path to determine whether the first logical path is active; a path-monitoring module programmed to; use the results of the probe of the physical path to determine whether the at least one additional logical path is active without probing the physical path an additional time; provide at least a portion of the results of the probe of the physical path to an additional host within the computer network to enable the additional host to determine whether at least one additional physical path that is different from the physical path is active without actually probing the at least one additional physical path; at least one processor configured to execute at least one of the path-identification module, the path-probing module, and the path-monitoring module.
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