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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2012
Darrell Kienzle, Vienna, VA (US);
Nathan Evans, Sterling, VA (US);
Matthew Elder, Germantown, MD (US);
Darrell Kienzle, Vienna, VA (US);
Nathan Evans, Sterling, VA (US);
Matthew Elder, Germantown, MD (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for discovering network topologies. The method may include (1) receiving, on a host system within a network, a switch-protocol message that includes a switch identifier, a port identifier, and/or a root path cost, (2) identifying a set of switches within the network based on the switch-protocol message, (3) determining how the set of switches are connected based on the switch-protocol message, and (4) mapping a topology of the network based on determining how the set of switches are connected. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.