METHOD AND MANAGEMENT NODE FOR DECIDING PORTS SUITABLE TO BE COMMUNICATIVELY CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

摘要

A method and management node (250; 350) for deciding ports suitable to be communicatively connected to each other in a communications network (210; 310). The communications network comprises an available port (230A; 330A) communicatively connected to the communications network (210; 310), and a discovered port (233B; 330B) that is discovered as being communicatively connected to the communications network (210; 310). The management node (250; 350) obtains Information associating at least the available port (230A; 330A) and the discovered port (233B; 330B) with respective one or more attributes and with a respective attribute identifier identifying the respective one or more attributes. The management node (250; 350) receives (402; 702), from a port discovering network node (225; 320B), a message comprising the attribute identifier associated with the discovered port (233B; 330B). The management node (250; 350) decides (404; 704) that the available port (230A; 330A) is suitable to be communicatively connected with the discovered port (233B; 330B) based on that the respective one or more attributes are considered matching.