Patent ID: 7809810
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for the configuration of a symmetric network, said symmetric network comprising two interconnected connection elements for interconnecting said symmetric network, said network further comprising a plurality of first type computers and a second type computer, said first type computers each having a first network interface and a second network interface, wherein said second type computer performs services requested and received by said first type computers via said symmetric network, and wherein data is exchanged in said symmetric network in the form of data packets, the method comprising: marking data packets, using at least one of said connection elements, that are sent to the other connection element via the interconnection between said connection elements; sending service requests, using said first type computers, to said second type computer, wherein said service requests contain a unique identifier identifying the sending first type computer and a network interface identifier, which determines whether the request is sent via the first network interface or via the second network interface of the sending first type computer; collecting data, using said second type computer, for a defined number of said service requests comprising the unique identifier and the network interface identifier of the sending first type computer and the information, if the data packet associated with the service request is marked; determining from the collected data, using said second type computer, whether said second type computer is directly connected to said first connection element or to said second connection element; and configuring said symmetric network, using said second type computer, using the result of said determining step.