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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 19, 2022
Applicant:

Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Massarrah N. Tannous, Cambridge, MA (US);

Daniel Mckay, Andover, MA (US);

Erik P. Smith, Douglas, MA (US);

Jai Bansal, Bangalore, IN;

Jean E. Pierre, Brockton, MA (US);

Alan Rajapa, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0631 (2022.01); H04L 43/0876 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0631 (2013.01); H04L 43/0876 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for determining an impact that a congested switch port is having on a network and for estimating a reason as to why the congested switch port is congested are disclosed. Configuration data and performance data from a network are obtained. Based on the configuration data, a shortest path between a storage port and a host port is identified. A particular switch port is also identified as a result of that port being congested. An impact as to how the switch port, due to its congestion in the particular shortest path, is impacting or is being impacted by other switch ports in the network is determined. An alert, which includes information indicating the impact, is triggered.


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