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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2008
David L. Santos, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Sundeep S. Nagra, Roseville, CA (US);
David L. Santos, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Sundeep S. Nagra, Roseville, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A network switch configured to detect protocol incompatibility and a corresponding method are described. The switch comprises one or more network ports and a memory. The memory stores a protocol set comprising one or more protocols each comprising protocol-specific identifying information and one or more actions to be taken by the network switch upon detection of the particular protocol. The memory also stores a protocol packet detection logic configured to perform at least one of the one or more actions responsive to detection of a corresponding protocol.