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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2000
Mark H. Johnson, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Thomas G. Magorka, San Jose, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Co.LP, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
This invention discloses a highly accurate and efficient means to identify a failing component in a network with a minimum of testing. Developed to Support the Compaq Computer ServerNet® system area LAN technology, the methods and apparatus disclosed can be applied to any LAN based system with routing tables that are fixed and known for the duration of the testing. Disclosed new methods include a means to determine a minimal set of tests, a means to use global statistics to identify the most likely failing component, and a further means to refine the failing component list. This invention was reduced to practice.