Patent ID: 7853832
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for identifying cable interconnections between two systems connected along a cabling path over one or more intermediate systems, comprising: a) storing local interconnections information at each system, which includes a system identifying code and a cable identifying code that uniquely identifies a cable to be connected to the system; b) at said first end point, generating an interconnections trace message addressed to said second endpoint, said message including an interconnections information field; c) at said first system and each intermediate system, if any, updating the interconnections information carried by said interconnections trace message by appending the local interconnections information of said respective system and transmitting said interconnections trace message to a downstream system along said cabling path; and d) at the second system, extracting said interconnections information from said interconnections trace message and identifying all cables and systems along said cabling path.