Show OOB and speed negotiation data graphically in a network diagnostic component
First Claim
1. A method for a network diagnostic component that is placed in-line between first and second nodes in a network to graphically display received low speed signal patterns, the method comprising:
- an act of receiving a low speed signal pattern from the first node for communication with the second node, the low-speed signal pattern comprising one or more sequences of repeated Dwords and repeated DC-Idles;
an act of creating a compressed record of the low speed signal pattern in a memory, said act comprising recording in the memory each sequence of repeated Dwords or DC-Idles in the form of a single said Dword or DC-Idle and a repeat count value therefor;
an act of writing in the memory one or more markers specifying a start and a completion of a speed negotiation signal or a low speed signal specified by a communication protocol;
an act of interpreting the compressed record and the one or more markers to ascertain the type and duration of the low speed signal pattern; and
an act of displaying a graphical representation of the low speed signal pattern based on the interpretation of the compressed record and the one or more markers.
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Abstract
A network diagnostic component that is placed in-line between two nodes in a network. The network diagnostic component receives a low speed signal pattern from the first node for communication with the second node; records the low speed signal pattern in a memory; writes one or more markers specifying information about the low speed signal pattern in the memory; interprets the one or more markers to ascertain the type and duration of the low speed signal pattern; and displays a graphical representation of the low speed signal pattern based on the interpretation of the one or more markers.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for a network diagnostic component that is placed in-line between first and second nodes in a network to graphically display received low speed signal patterns, the method comprising:
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an act of receiving a low speed signal pattern from the first node for communication with the second node, the low-speed signal pattern comprising one or more sequences of repeated Dwords and repeated DC-Idles; an act of creating a compressed record of the low speed signal pattern in a memory, said act comprising recording in the memory each sequence of repeated Dwords or DC-Idles in the form of a single said Dword or DC-Idle and a repeat count value therefor; an act of writing in the memory one or more markers specifying a start and a completion of a speed negotiation signal or a low speed signal specified by a communication protocol; an act of interpreting the compressed record and the one or more markers to ascertain the type and duration of the low speed signal pattern; and an act of displaying a graphical representation of the low speed signal pattern based on the interpretation of the compressed record and the one or more markers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A network diagnostic component placed in-line between first and second nodes in a network, the network diagnostic component comprising:
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a memory; a first module configured for receiving a low speed signal pattern from the first node for communication with the second node, the low-speed signal pattern comprising one or more sequences of repeated Dwords and repeated DC-Idles; a second module configured to create a compressed record of the low speed signal pattern in the memory, said act comprising recording in the memory each sequence of repeated Dwords or DC-Idles in the form of a single said Dword or DC-Idle and a repeat count value therefor; a third module configured to write one or more markers in the memory, the one or more markings specifying a start and a completion of a speed negotiation signal or a low speed signal specified by a communication protocol; a fourth module configured to interpret the compressed record and the one or more markers to ascertain the type and duration of the low speed signal pattern; and a fifth module configured to display a graphical representation of the low speed signal pattern based on the interpretation of the one or more markers. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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