Patent ID: 9692635
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, using a first network device, host-to-port configuration data for a second network device, wherein the host-to-port configuration data identifies, for each port of a plurality of ports of the second network device, a host that was connected to the port of the second network device; determining, using the first network device, that a particular host is connected to a particular port of a plurality of ports of the first network device; determining, using the first network device, whether the second host s different than the particular host, by determining that a second host was connected to a port of the second network device corresponding to the particular port of the first network device, and causing, in response to determining that the particular host is different than the second host, presentation of an alert signal associated with the particular port.