Inferred Discovery of a Data Communications Device
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMatthew E. Duggan, Daniel J. Martin, David M. Roberts
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and products for inferred discovery of a data communications device connected to a router, unreachable by a management module, and characterized by a device address are disclosed that include querying, by the management module, the router for connection data and identifying, by the management module in dependence upon the connection data, the device address.
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A method of inferred discovery of a data communications device connected to a router, unreachable by a management module, and characterized by a device address, the method comprising:
- querying, by the management module, the router for connection data, wherein the connection data comprises an interface address of an interface of the router;
- generating, by the management module in dependence upon the connection data, the device address at least by performing an operation on the interface address to generate the device address from the interface address;
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- monitoring, by the management module, the data communications device based upon the device address.
Apparatus for inferred discovery of a data communications device connected to a router, unreachable by a management module, and characterized by a device address, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the apparatus, cause the apparatus to:
- query, by the management module, the router for connection data, wherein the connection data comprises an interface address of an interface of the router;
- generate, by the management module in dependence upon the connection data, the device address at least by performing an operation on the interface address to generate the device address from the interface address;
- and
- monitor, by the management module, the data communications device based upon the device address.
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A computer program product for inferred discovery of a data communications device connected to a router, unreachable by a management module, and characterized by a device address, the computer program product disposed in a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions, which when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:
- query, by the management module, the router for connection data, wherein the connection data comprises an interface address of an interface of the router;
- generate, by the management module in dependence upon the connection data, the device address at least by performing an operation on the interface address to generate the device address from the interface address;
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- monitor, by the management module, the data communications device based upon the device address.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.