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Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2018
Applicant:

Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Marc Wayne Brotherson, Boulder, CO (US);

Derek John Leslie, Erie, CO (US);

Assignee:

NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/805 (2013.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 12/66 (2013.01); H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 41/0823 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 47/36 (2013.01);
Abstract

One or more nodes on a network can perform network discovery operations to obtain information regarding network configuration parameters for the nodes on the network. The network configuration data can be compared and used to determine if there are mismatches between the various node's configurations. A mismatch can indicate that a node is misconfigured, which can result in significant degradation in performance of the node or of the network system as a whole. The network configuration data can be used to automatically resolve errors in configuration or to provide reports on potential errors in configuration. Additionally, the network configuration data that is discovered by a node can be used to establish an initial configuration for the node.


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