Patent ID: 8971195
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a trigger at an originating node in a full-mesh computer network to determine integrity of the full-mesh network's data-paths; determining an ordered list of each of the nodes in the full-mesh computer network; sending echo requests from the originating node to each non-originating node of the ordered list; receiving, at the originating node, a consolidated echo response from at least some non-originating nodes to which an echo request was sent, each consolidated echo response indicating a response from the respective non-originating node, and one or more subsequent echo requests sent by that non-originating node to subsequent nodes, and wherein the consolidated echo response comprises primary node connectivity information identifying each node that is connected to the respective non-originating node and secondary node connectivity information identifying each node that is connected to the subsequent nodes; determining a connectivity status of the full-mesh computer network based on the consolidated echo responses, and wherein in response to not receiving a consolidated echo response from a non-responsive non-originating node, including an explicit query node list in further echo requests to other non-originating nodes in the ordered list, the explicit query node list identifying the non-responsive non-originating node and requesting focused testing of the non-responsive non-originating node.