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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2012
Jiangbo LI, San Jose, CA (US);
Victor Lin, Fremont, CA (US);
Jiangbo Li, San Jose, CA (US);
Victor Lin, Fremont, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of testing network device connectivity in a network by a host computing device includes identifying a topology of the network, where the network includes a plurality of communication paths connecting a plurality of network devices. The method further includes developing a test procedure based on the topology and a plurality of constraints, where a first constraint in the plurality of constraints includes sending a test data stream through each communication path in the plurality of communications paths only once in each direction. The method further includes configuring the plurality of network devices to perform the test procedure, initiating the test procedure, where initiating includes sending the test data stream from the host computing device to a first network device in the plurality of network devices, and monitoring the progress of the test procedure.