MECHANISMS TO IDENTIFY MISMATCHES IN LAYER 3 CONFIGURATION IN A NETWORK

摘要

Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods for identifying an error in a Layer 3 network configuration. The system for identifying an error includes ports for receiving information of network Layer 3 configurations from devices that are communicatively coupled to the system through a network, where each of the network configurations includes a parameter. Embodiments of the system also include compiling the information of network configurations into one or more tables, wherein the one or more tables include a list of values for the network configuration parameter(s) and numbers of devices or interfaces that match to the list of values. In embodiments, the value that corresponds to the highest number of devices or interfaces in the table may be selected as the correct value.

主权项

1. An information handling system for identifying an error in a network interface configuration, comprising:
a plurality of ports, at least one or more of the plurality of ports being communicatively coupled to one or more network devices; one or more processors that are communicatively coupled to the plurality of ports; and a memory that is communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and stores one or more sequences of instructions, in which execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by at least one of the one or more processors causes steps to be performed comprising:
receiving a Layer 3 configuration parameter for one or more ports of a network device from a set of network devices, wherein each of the one or more ports is identified as being a member of a communication network;generating a Layer 3 configuration table that comprises the Layer 3 configuration parameters and numbers of the network devices that respectively match to the Layer 3 configuration parameters; andresponsive to having more than one Layer 3 configuration parameter for a same communication network, identifying a configuration mismatch.