Cisco Technology, Inc.

Suresh Thirukazhukundram

Keith Sinclair

Gaurav Garg

Sunil John

Christopher Camplejohn

Krishnan Ramaswamy

Edward Rosen

Burjiz F Pithawala

Techniques are disclosed for detecting unidentified inventory in a network. In one embodiment, data that was collected from a plurality of network devices is received. The data includes at least one device identifier for a neighboring network device of at least one network device of the plurality of network devices. The at least one device identifier for the neighboring network device is compared to one or more device identifiers of known network devices. In response to determining that the at least one device identifier for the neighboring network device does not match a device identifier for the known network devices, the at least one device identifier is added to a list of unidentified inventory.

Method and apparatus to detect unidentified inventory

A method is disclosed for detecting symptoms in a network infrastructure, combining one or more symptoms into a problem, then optionally applying detailed diagnosis to the network elements experiencing the problems, ultimately providing detailed problem determination.

Rule-based network management approaches

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Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

Suresh Thirukazhukundram