Patent ID: 7872982

Claim:
A method for detecting errors in a network, said method comprising: retrieving, using a network error manager, a network topology from a master subnet manager residing in a network switch, wherein said network includes a plurality of devices coupled by a first interconnect type; when a connectivity failure is detected from within said first interconnect type by at least one device included in said plurality of devices, receiving by said network error manager from said master subnet manager at least one event notification via a second interconnect type; retrieving, by said network error manager from said master subnet manager, events from said at least one device among said plurality of devices that can influence a state of said first interconnect type; reporting said retrieved events associated with said at least one event notification to an error log analysis component; categorizing, using said error log analysis component, said reported events into event pools that are utilized to relate said reported events by location and type; correlating, using said error log analysis component, said reported events categorized in said event pools to determine how said reported events are related; and identifying, using said error log analysis component and based on said correlating, at least one device among said plurality of devices as a possible cause of said connectivity failure in said first interconnect type.