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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Derek Brewer, Bowling Green, OH (US);
Robert Wilhelm, Cheyenne, WY (US);
Paul M. Crutcher, Rochester, MN (US);
Mike Maurer, Rochester, MN (US);
Kerry Langford, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system are provided for implementing enhanced network device identifying and labeling via a connected Ethernet cable. A system includes a server having a port connected by the Ethernet cable to a port of a switch. An Ethernet runt packet containing metadata identifying the server name and the port is transmitted on the Ethernet cable by the server. Another Ethernet runt packet containing metadata identifying the switch name and the port is transmitted on the Ethernet cable by the switch. Use of the transmitted metadata of the Ethernet runt packets enables dynamically identifying and labeling the Ethernet cable, the connected server and port and switch and port.