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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2011
Krishnan Ramaswamy, San Jose, CA (US);
Suresh Thirukazhukundram, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christopher Scott Camplejohn, Raleigh, NC (US);
Keith Sinclair, Brisbane, AU;
Edward M. Rosen, Tampa, FL (US);
Sunil Shashikanth John, San Jose, CA (US);
Gaurav Garg, Bangalore, IN;
Krishnan Ramaswamy, San Jose, CA (US);
Suresh Thirukazhukundram, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christopher Scott Camplejohn, Raleigh, NC (US);
Keith Sinclair, Brisbane, AU;
Edward M. Rosen, Tampa, FL (US);
Sunil Shashikanth John, San Jose, CA (US);
Gaurav Garg, Bangalore, IN;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for detecting unidentified inventory in a network. In one embodiment, data that was collected from a plurality of network devices is received. The data includes at least one device identifier for a neighboring network device of at least one network device of the plurality of network devices. The at least one device identifier for the neighboring network device is compared to one or more device identifiers of known network devices. In response to determining that the at least one device identifier for the neighboring network device does not match a device identifier for the known network devices, the at least one device identifier is added to a list of unidentified inventory.