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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Mellanox Technologies Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MELLANOY TECHNOLOGIES LTD., Yokneam, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G09F 3/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/64 (2006.01); H01R 13/66 (2006.01); H01R 13/46 (2006.01); H01R 24/64 (2011.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09F 3/0297 (2013.01); H01R 13/64 (2013.01); H01R 13/665 (2013.01); H01R 13/465 (2013.01); H01R 24/64 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
Communication apparatus includes a memory and a communication interface, configured to send and receive messages to and from respective management agents in multiple items of communication equipment having ports that are interconnected by cables in a network, each of the cables having a unique identifier. A processor is configured to communicate with the management agents via the communication interface so as to collect physical connectivity information with respect to the cables and the ports, to store the physical connectivity information in the memory, and to provide the physical connectivity information to a user of the apparatus.