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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2009
Rajat Goel, Maharashtra, IN;
Meena Patel, Maharashtra, IN;
Rajat Goel, Maharashtra, IN;
Meena Patel, Maharashtra, IN;
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for monitoring physical paths within a computer network may include: 1) identifying a first logical path within a computer network, 2) identifying a physical path that corresponds to the first logical path, 3) probing the physical path to determine whether the first logical path is active, 4) identifying a second logical path within the computer network, 5) determining that the physical path also corresponds to the second logical path, and then 6) using the results of the probe of the physical path to determine whether the second logical path is active without probing the physical path a second time. Additional computer-implemented methods for monitoring physical paths within multi-host computer networks are also disclosed.