METHOD OF PREVENTING TRANSPORT LEAKS IN HYBRID SWITCHING NETWORKS BY EXTENSION OF THE LINK LAYER DISCOVERY PROTOCOL (LLDP)

摘要

An apparatus comprising a processor configured to implement a method comprising receiving a first data structure comprising a first virtual local area network identifier (VJD) and a first forwarding type, comparing the first VID and a first forwarding type with a second VJD and a second forwarding type in a second data structure, and reporting a misprovisioned data structure if the first VJD is the same as the second VJD and the first forwarding type is not the same as the second forwarding type. Also disclosed is a method comprising implementing a network protocol to forward provisioning information in a plurality of VJD Tables corresponding to a plurality of nodes, and analyzing the provisioning information to detect misprovisioned nodes.