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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2012
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Vipin Jain, San Jose, CA (US);
Govind Prasad Sharma, Union City, CA (US);
Dhananjaya Rao, Milpitas, CA (US);
Herman Levenson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/0811 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); Y02B 60/43 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method at a network device includes receiving a link layer advertisement, comparing information in the link layer advertisement with connectivity information stored at the network device, and based on the comparison, determining if there is a cabling error between the network device and a link peer transmitting the link layer advertisement. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.