Patent ID: 7630325

Claim:
A processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to perform a process, the code comprising code to: retrieve a first data set from a switch within a network, the first data set including a plurality of switch records, the plurality of switch records including a first switch record associated with a first trunk group from a plurality of trunk groups included within the switch, the first switch record including a base traffic number associated with the first trunk group; retrieve a second data set from a configuration management system configured to facilitate an operation associated with the network, the second data set including a plurality of configuration records, the plurality of configuration records including a first configuration record associated with the first trunk group, the first configuration record including a base traffic number associated with the first trunk group; determine, using a rules-based algorithm, whether the base traffic number included in the first configuration record differs from the base traffic number included in the first switch record; produce a report when the base traffic number included in the first configuration record differs from the base traffic number included in the first switch record; and produce a report when the first data set includes a switch record associated with a second trunk group from the plurality of trunk groups and the second data set does not include a configuration record associated with the second trunk group.