Patent ID: 11929875
Assignee: VMWARE LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A method comprising:
based on detection of a probe packet at a port associated with a component of a network, determining, by executing an instruction with one or more processors, whether the probe packet includes a source media access control (MAC) address, the source MAC address included in a probe access control list (ACL), the probe ACL set by a decision engine based on an occurrence of a change to a first configuration of the network;
based on the probe packet not including the source MAC address, recording, by executing an instruction with the one or more processors, probe packet receipt information, the probe packet receipt information to indicate that the component is to be configured to accommodate the change to the first configuration of the network; and
transmitting the probe packet receipt information to the decision engine to facilitate a second configuration of the component.