Patent ID: 8249846

Claim:
A machine-implemented method comprising: identifying, by a configuration manager executing on one or more processors, a first device and a second device within a simulated system, wherein each of the devices within the simulated system includes an inbound port and an outbound port, and wherein the configuration manager is separate from the first device and the second device; injecting, by the configuration manager, a first simulation only packet on the first device's outbound port, the first simulation only packet including information that identifies the first device's outbound port; detecting, by the configuration manager, the first simulation only packet on the second device's inbound port; in response to the detecting, identifying, by the configuration manager, a first direct connection between the first device's outbound port and the second device's inbound port; and in response to identifying the first direct connection, configuring, by the configuration manager, one or more first device configuration registers and configuring one or more second device configuration registers based upon the first direct connection, wherein the one or more first device configuration registers correspond to the first device and the one or more second device configuration registers correspond to the second device.