Ordering possible device locations on the network by port-of-entry likelihood
AssigneeArista Networks, Inc.
InventorsCharles Ding, Ryan Sherali Madsen
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Abstract
A method of managing a network includes: obtaining a search request for a device of a plurality of devices of the network where the device is specified by a piece of network information associated with the device; searching a searchable data structure using the piece of the network information to obtain a search result where the search result comprises a location list of potential locations within the network where the device may be located; obtaining likelihood rankings of the potential locations; and providing a response to the search request using the search result and the likelihood rankings.
Claims20
A network, comprising:
- a plurality of devices, wherein each device of the plurality of devices is programmed to:
- obtain a respective portion of network information regarding the network in which the device resides, and
- provide network communication services;
- and
- a network manager programmed to:
- obtain a search request for a device of the plurality of devices specified by a piece of the network information associated with the device, wherein a location of the device in the network is unknown;
- search a searchable data structure using the piece of the network information to obtain a search result, wherein the search result comprises a location list of potential locations within the network where the device may be located;
- generate likelihood rankings of the potential locations;
- and
- provide a response to the search request using the search result and the likelihood rankings.
A method of managing a network, comprising:
- obtaining a search request for a device of a plurality of devices of the network, wherein the device is specified by a piece of network information associated with the device and a location of the device in the network is unknown;
- searching a searchable data structure using the piece of the network information to obtain a search result, wherein the search result comprises a location list of potential locations within the network where the device may be located;
- obtaining likelihood rankings of the potential locations;
- and
- providing a response to the search request using the search result and the likelihood rankings.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer processor enables the computer processor to perform a method for managing a network, the method comprising:
- obtaining a search request for a device of a plurality of devices of the network, wherein the device is specified by a piece of network information associated with the device and wherein a location of the device in the network is unknown;
- searching a searchable data structure using the piece of the network information to obtain a search result, wherein the search result comprises a location list of potential locations within the network where the device may be located;
- obtaining likelihood rankings of the potential locations;
- and
- providing a response to the search request using the search result and the likelihood rankings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.