Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP

Sundeep Nagra

Nick E Demmon

David L Santos

Guy Herriott

A method for reporting operational information in a network is described herein. The network may include a network device and a network management server. The network device may detect an event triggering reporting of a modification to a configuration of the network device. A report message initiated by the network device may be provided. The report message may identify the modification to the configuration. The modification to the configuration may be committed after providing the report message. In another embodiment, the network device detects an event indicating a performance condition in the network device. A report message initiated by the network device is generated. The report message may include a state of the network device at the time of the event.

Reporting operational information of a network device

A first switch includes a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions causing the processor, after execution of the instructions by the processor, to establish a first stacking link between a first stacking port of the first switch and a first stacking port of a second switch, establish a second stacking link between a second stacking port of the first switch and a first stacking port of a third switch, and dedicate the first stacking link to a first class of traffic between the first switch and the second switch.

Switch having dedicated stacking link

A network switch configured to detect protocol incompatibility and a corresponding method are described. The switch comprises one or more network ports and a memory. The memory stores a protocol set comprising one or more protocols each comprising protocol-specific identifying information and one or more actions to be taken by the network switch upon detection of the particular protocol. The memory also stores a protocol packet detection logic configured to perform at least one of the one or more actions responsive to detection of a corresponding protocol.

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Roseville, CA, United States of America

Sundeep Nagra