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US 8,478,900 B2Granted
Determining misconnection of an electronic device to a network device using zone information
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsLijun Qin, Balaji Natrajan, Sohail Hameed
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Abstract
Connection of an electronic device to a particular port of the network device is detected. It is determined based on zone information whether a misconnection has occurred. The zone information defines plural zones.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- detecting, by a network device, connection of an electronic device to a particular port of the network device;
- accessing, by the network device, zone information relating to ports of the network device, wherein the zone information defines plural zones, and wherein each of the plural zones specifies which port of the network device is accessible by which corresponding one or multiple of plural initiators;
- determining, by the network device, whether a misconnection of the electronic device to the network device has occurred based on the accessed zone information;
- and
- in response to determining that the misconnection has occurred, maintaining, by the network device, the particular port in a state that prevents any access of the electronic device connected to the particular port.
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A method comprising:
- detecting, by a network device, connection of an electronic device to a particular port of the network device;
- accessing, by the network device, zone information relating to ports of the network device, wherein the zone information defines plural zones, and wherein each of the plural zones specifies which port of the network device is accessible by which corresponding one or multiple of plural initiators;
- and
- determining, by the network device, whether a misconnection of the electronic device to the network device has occurred based on the accessed zone information,
- wherein the electronic device is configured for single-initiator access, wherein the zone information includes first zone information for the particular port, the first zone information specifying that the particular port is to be part of a zone in which multiple initiators are able to access the particular port, and
- wherein determining that the misconnection has occurred is in response to detecting that the electronic device is configured for single-initiator access but the first zone information specifies that the particular port is to be part of the zone in which multiple initiators are able to access the particular port.
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A network device comprising:
- a plurality of ports;
- a storage medium to store zone information defining plural zones, wherein each of the plural zones includes at least a respective one of the plurality of ports;
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- a zone manager to:
- receive an indication of connection of an electronic device to a particular one of the plurality of ports;
- determine, based on the zone information, whether a misconnection has occurred between the electronic device and the particular port;
- and
- in response to determining that misconnection has occurred, maintain the particular port in a state that prevents access of the electronic device.
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An article comprising at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions that upon execution cause a network device to:
- receive an indication of connection of an electronic device to a particular one of a plurality of ports of the network device;
- determine, based on zone information, whether a misconnection has occurred between the electronic device and the particular port, wherein the zone information defines plural zones, and wherein each of the plural zones includes at least a respective one of the plurality of ports;
- and
- in response to determining that misconnection has occurred, maintain the particular port in a state that prevents access of the electronic device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.