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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Christopher Colonna, Ossining, NY (US);
Pasquale A. Catalano, Wallkill, NY (US);
Stephen Robert Guendert, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Michael James Becht, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Patricia G. Driever, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Techniques for inter-switch link (ISL) identification and monitoring are described herein. An aspect includes sending a query fabric path command to a switch, the query fabric path command including an origin address and a destination address. Another aspect includes receiving a query fabric path response from the switch based on the query fabric path command, the query fabric path response including a plurality of port identifiers. Another aspect includes monitoring a plurality of ports, each of the plurality of ports corresponding to a respective port identifier of the plurality of port identifiers in the query fabric path response.