发明名称 |
Method and system for determining physical connectivity in a dynamic network |
摘要 |
There are provided a system and a method of determining a physical connectivity of a new node connected to a dynamic communication network comprising a plurality of connecting nodes each comprising a plurality of ports. The method comprises: (a) responsive to automatically discovering a new node connected to the dynamic communication network, obtaining address data characterizing a network address of said discovered new node; (b) querying all known connecting nodes and generating a port dataset representing all ports thereof which have registered address data characterizing the network address of said discovered new node; (c) defining, by analyzing the generated port dataset, a port and respective connecting node which said discovered new node is directly connected to. |
申请公布号 |
US8811224(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2014.08.19 |
申请号 |
US201012851415 |
申请日期 |
2010.08.05 |
申请人 |
McAfee Ireland Holdings, Limited |
发明人 |
Arkin Ofir |
分类号 |
H04L12/28;G06F15/173 |
主分类号 |
H04L12/28 |
代理机构 |
Wong, Cabello. Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, LLP |
代理人 |
Wong, Cabello. Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, LLP |
主权项 |
1. A method of determining a physical connectivity of the new node connected to a dynamic communication network comprising a plurality of connecting nodes each comprising a plurality of ports, the method comprising:
determining a baseline dataset comprising node data and connectivity data representing all discovered nodes in a dynamic communication network; responsive to automatically discovering a new node connected to the dynamic communication network and not represented in the baseline dataset, obtaining address data characterizing a network address of said discovered new node; querying all known connecting nodes and generating a port dataset, the port dataset indicating connectivity data for only a subset of all known connecting nodes, the subset representing only connecting nodes having registered address data characterizing the network address of said discovered new node; determining, by analyzing the generated port dataset, a directly connected port and respective connecting node to which said discovered new node is directly connected; classifying initially the discovered new node as an endpoint node and classifying the port of the respective connecting node as an endpoint port prior to performing a network connectivity analysis; reclassifying said discovered new node as a connecting node responsive to results of the network connectivity analysis; and reclassifying the directly connected port as an inter-switch port or a switch-router port responsive to results of the network connectivity analysis. |
地址 |
Dublin IE |