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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2010
Suresh Vobbilisetty, San Jose, CA (US);
Phanidhar Koganti, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Arun Mahajan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Suresh Vobbilisetty, San Jose, CA (US);
Phanidhar Koganti, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Arun Mahajan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Brocade Communication Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for testing reachability between two nodes within a network. During operation, the system transmits a network-testing request frame from a source node to a destination node, and in response to receiving a network-testing response frame corresponding to the request frame, the system determines reachability of the destination node. The network-testing request or response frame is not processed on an Internet Protocol (IP) layer.