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US 9,319,462 B2Granted
System and method for end-to-end beaconing
AssigneeBrocade Communications Systems, Inc.
InventorRamkumar Vadivelu
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Abstract
An embodiment of a method includes generating a command configured to cause activation of local beaconing at a selected device, and transmitting the command to the selected device. An embodiment of a system includes a processor, a memory including instructions executable by the processor, wherein the instructions cause the processor to generate a command configured to cause a selected device to activate local beaconing, a port connected to the selected device, and a transmitter operable to transmit the command to the selected device via the port.
Claims28
A method comprising:
- issuing a beacon command, from an issuance port of a first device connected to a first end of a path, directing a second device, the second device connected at the second end of the path, to activate a light generating device physically located at a receipt port of the second device, the light generating device emitting light that is visible to a user;
- receiving the beacon command at the receipt port of the second device;
- and
- in response to receiving the beacon command, the second device activating a light generating device physically located at the receipt port of the second device, the light generating device emitting light that is visible to a user.
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A system comprising:
- a first device which issues, from an issuance port connected to a first end of a path, a beacon command directing activation of a light generating device physically located at a receipt port of a second device, the receipt port light generating device emitting light that is visible to a user, and which activates a light generating device physically located at the issuance port of the first device, the issuance port light generating device emitting light that is visible to a user;
- and
- the second device which receives the beacon command at the receiving port connected to the second end of the path and which activates the light generating device physically located at the receiving port of the second device in response to receiving the beacon command, the receipt port light generating device emitting light that is visible to a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.