System & method for automatically determining the optimal topology for multiple networked devices

A computer implemented method of optimizing network topology in a network, the method comprising:

• identifying, by a processor via a connection detection module, a set of network endpoints connected to a network host via Ethernet connections;
• receiving, by the processor via an input module, a plurality of datagrams from a plurality of network interfaces between the network host and each of the set of network endpoints;
• identifying, by the processor via the input module, at least one datagram among the plurality of datagrams, as one of a Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) datagram and a non-LACP datagram wherein the at least one datagram is received from at least one network interface among the plurality of network interfaces;
• classifying, by the processor via the input module, the at least one network interface into at least one of a compute node and a storage node, based on the at least one datagram being a non-LACP datagram;
• optimizing, by the processor via a an optimizer module, the network host, to function with the at least one network interface in a first mode, based on the at least one datagram being the LACP datagram;
• optimizing, by the processor via the optimizer module, the network host to function with at least one network interface in a second mode, based on the at least one network interface being the storage node;
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• optimizing, by the processor via the optimizer module, the network host to function with the at least one network interface in a third mode, based on the at least one network interface being the compute node.