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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2018
Bull Sas, Les Clayes-sous-Bois, FR;
Alain Cady, Les Ulis, FR;
BULL SAS, Les Clayes-sous-Bois, FR;
Abstract
A method for automatically assigning individual topological addresses to network switches includes obtaining first individual topological addresses each of which includes one identifier of a hierarchical level and N−1 non-hierarchical identifier(s) of the network switch with which it is associated, N≥2. It further includes the transcoding of each first individual topological address by subdividing the N−1 non-hierarchical switch identifier(s) as a function of a value of the hierarchical level identifier into one or more sub-topology identifiers separated from one another by at least one first separator character, forming a first character string, and into one or more switch identifier(s) separated from one another by at least one second separator character, forming a second character string. A second hierarchical individual topological address is thus constituted by concatenation including the first and second character strings, as well as a third separator character therebetween.