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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2007
Jeffery L. Fowler, Roseville, CA (US);
Mark A. Tassinari, Loomis, CA (US);
Jeffery L. Fowler, Roseville, CA (US);
Mark A. Tassinari, Loomis, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Network devices, systems, and methods are described for visually identifying physically linked network devices. One network device includes a memory in connected to a processor. A network chip on the device is connected to the processor and the memory. The network chip includes logic and a number of ports. A first location indicator is associated with the network device. A physical link is established between one of the number of ports on the network device and a port on a different network device. Computer executable instructions are stored in the memory and executable by the processor to send a locate signal to visually identify the different network device.