Patent Document ID: 20140282855
Application ID: 14209771
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for modeling behavior of a networking device, the method comprising: obtaining a plurality of behavior rules, the plurality of behavior rules defining the processing of a communication packet by the networking device, the communication packet comprising at least one predicate value; collecting the plurality of behavior rules into at least one behavior group; creating, utilizing a processing device, a spanning graph of a policy of the networking device comprising representations of one or more ingress ports to the networking device, representations of one or more egress ports from the networking device, and representations of the at least one behavior group, the spanning graph configured to display a communication pathway comprising at least one of the one or more ingress ports, the at least one behavior group, and at least one egress port of the networking device; and providing the spanning graph to a user of the networking device.