| 摘要 |
<p>The invention relates to a method and a management system for detecting inactive links in a network comprising interconnected switches (A, B, C). Initially, ports in a blocking state are identified. The present invention proceeds by deactivating a first port (2) in the blocking state, whereby a second port (1) connected via an inactive link is caused to assume a link-down status. The second port (1) with the link-down status is identified, so that the presence and position of an inactive link connected to the first port (2) which was deactivated and the second port (1) with the link down status can be inferred. The invention allows for a flexible and economic detection of inactive links with the link-down status of the second port (1) preferably reported to network management via a SNMP trap.</p> |
