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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2018
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp, Houston, TX (US);
Srinivas Killadi, Bangalore, IN;
Sree Vasthav Shatdarshanam Venkata, Bangalore, IN;
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed. The method may comprise identifying a plurality of network devices in a cluster of network devices. In some examples, the method may comprise identifying any virtual local area networks (VLANs) that are enabled on each of the plurality of network devices in the cluster of network devices. In some examples, the method may comprise, for each identified VLAN, determine a set of network devices accessible on a respective VLAN. In some examples, the method may comprise probing the respective VLAN in response to the respective VLAN being accessible by each network device in the cluster of network devices. A network device and a machine-readable medium are also disclosed.