Patent ID: 8396059
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: obtaining a switch port identifier mapping for each of the plurality of ports of a network device, wherein the switch port identifier mapping indicates a port identifier of one of the plurality of ports of the network device and a switch port identifier of a switch port to which the one of the plurality of ports of the network device is connected; obtaining a set of switch information for each of a plurality of switches, the set of switch information including a set of switch port identifiers associated with the corresponding one of the plurality of switches, wherein the set of switch information for each of the plurality of switches does not include information pertaining to devices coupled to the corresponding one of the plurality of switches; and ascertaining for each one of the plurality of ports of the network device, using the set of switch information, a corresponding one of the plurality of switches and a port of the one of the plurality of switches to which the one of the plurality of ports of the network device is connected such that a port number identifying the port of the one of the plurality of switches to which the one of the plurality of ports of the network device is connected is identified, wherein the port number identifying the port of the one of the plurality of switches to which the one of the plurality of ports of the network device is connected is an identifier that is pertinent within the one of the plurality of switches.