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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2004
David Graves, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Parvathi Nair, Fremont, CA (US);
Margaret Mary Bertsch, Nashville, TN (US);
David Graves, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Parvathi Nair, Fremont, CA (US);
Margaret Mary Bertsch, Nashville, TN (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a method and an apparatus for automatic verification of a machine-readable map of networked devices. In one method embodiment, the present invention accesses a machine-readable map. Additionally, validation rules are accessed in a machine-readable format. A validation step is performed, wherein the validation step comprises comparing the validation rules in machine-readable format with the machine-readable map. A report of a result of the validation step is then generated. In so doing, a verification of a machine-readable map of networked devices occurs automatically.