Patent ID: 7216157
Filing Date: 2007-05-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer program product comprising: computer usable program code configured to cause a management station to communicate a plurality of initial commands to a plurality of managed devices of a network; computer usable program code configured to cause the management station to identify the managed devices based upon a plurality of initial responses from the managed devices; computer usable program code configured to cause the management station to transmit subsequent commands to the responding ones of the managed devices if the identities are not determined, wherein the subsequent commands are different from the initial commands; computer usable program code configured to cause the management station to provide an asset table containing the identified managed devices; computer usable data including a state transition table including a plurality of identifiers; and, computer usable program code configured to cause the management station to compare the received initial responses with the identifiers to identify the device types of the respective responding managed devices.