Method and system for managing a network having multiple domains
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMax C. Knees, Eric Pulsipher, Srikanth Natarajan, Zhi-Qiang Wang, Loren F. Wilson
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Abstract
Exemplary embodiments are directed to a system and method for managing a network having multiple domains. An exemplary method includes identifying a router interface connected with a switch; assigning a Layer 2 identifier to the interface, wherein the identifier uniquely identifies a Layer 2 domain within the network; and assigning the Layer 2 identifier to the switch.
Claims17
A method for managing a network having multiple domains, comprising:
- identifying a router interface connected directly with a switch;
- assigning a Layer 2 identifier to the router interface connected directly with the switch, wherein the Layer 2 identifier uniquely identifies a Layer 2 domain within the network that has redundant virtual local area network (VLAN) identifiers;
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- assigning the same Layer 2 identifier to the switch that is connected directly with the router interface, wherein the Layer 2 identifier differentiates the redundant VLAN identifiers in the network.
A system for managing a network having multiple domains comprising:
- a management computer configured to assign a Layer 2 identifier to a router interface of a router in a network that has redundant virtual local area network (VLAN) identifiers, and configured to assign the same Layer 2 identifier to a switch determined by the management computer to be directly connected to the router interface to differentiate the redundant VLAN identifiers in the network;
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- a memory, accessible by the management computer, for storing a list of nodes associated with the Layer 2 identifier.
A system for managing a network having multiple domains, comprising:
- means for identifying a router interface connected directly with a switch within a network that has redundant virtual-local area network (VLAN) identifiers, and for assigning a same unique Layer 2 identifier to both the router interface and the switch to differentiate the redundant VLAN identifiers in the network;
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- means for storing a list of nodes associated with the Layer 2 identifier for retrieval using the Layer 2 identifier.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for managing a network having multiple domains, the instructions being executed on a computer and comprising:
- identifying a router interface connected directly with a switch within a network that has redundant virtual local area network (VLAN) identifiers;
- assigning a Layer 2 identifier to the router interface connected directly with the switch, wherein the Layer 2 identifier uniquely identifies a Layer 2 domain within the network;
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- assigning the same Layer 2 identifier to the switch that is connected directly with the router interface, wherein the Layer 2 identifier differentiates the redundant VLAN identifiers in the network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.