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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2005
Shaun Kazuo Wakumoto, Roseville, CA (US);
Ballard Claude Bare, Auburn, CA (US);
Michael Patmon, Roseville, CA (US);
Cetin Ersoy, Portsmounth, NH (US);
Shaun Kazuo Wakumoto, Roseville, CA (US);
Ballard Claude Bare, Auburn, CA (US);
Michael Patmon, Roseville, CA (US);
Cetin Ersoy, Portsmounth, NH (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
One embodiment relates to a method by a switch of tracing a broadcast path from the switch through a group of switches. A broadcast traceroute packet is issued with a first hop entry from each port within the broadcast path. Trace hop packets are received from hop switches within the broadcast path, and trace complete packets are received from end switches within the broadcast path. Other embodiments are also disclosed.