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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2011
Sanjaya Choudhury, Cary, NC (US);
Amir H. Maleki, Cary, NC (US);
Sanjaya Choudhury, Cary, NC (US);
Amir H. Maleki, Cary, NC (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an originating node in a full-mesh computer network receives a trigger to determine integrity of the full-mesh network's data-paths. The originating node determines an ordered list of nodes in the full-mesh computer network. The originating node then sends echo requests to each non-originating node of the ordered list. The originating node may later receive consolidated echo responses from at least some non-originating nodes to which an echo request was sent. Each consolidated echo response indicates a response from the respective non-originating node, and any responses to subsequent echo requests sent by that particular non-originating node to subsequent nodes. The originating node may then use these responses to determine a connectivity status of the full-mesh computer network.