Patent ID: 7590718

Claim:
A method of creating an interactive network map for management of an embedded fabric based system including a plurality of processing elements, which include at lest one switch, comprising the steps of: a) discovering processing elements in the system and data routes therebetween; b) enumerating each processing element with a unique identification label; c) initializing each switch with routing tables to ensure all processing elements are in communication with each other; d) producing a graphical user interface including an interactive network map with corresponding icons for each processing element and the data routes therebetween utilizing information about the processing elements and data routes discovered in steps a), b), and c), whereby information about a specific processing element is displayed by activating the icon corresponding to the specific processing element; and wherein step b) includes electronically placing a fingerprint in each processing element, whereby a same processing element is identifiable via multiple data routes enabling a system with multiple data routes to multiple processing elements to be mapped accordingly.