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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Chang W. Chen, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Jin Yan Huang, Shanghai, CN;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/3051 (2013.01); G06F 3/0605 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0635 (2013.01); G06F 13/4022 (2013.01); G06F 13/4247 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an approach to automatic connection detection in an environment, the environment including a first device and a switching device, a first port on the first device being connected to a second port on the switching device, automatic connection detection occurs by associating a fifth port on the switching device to the second port. In response to detecting an identifier of a sixth port on a third device at the first port on the first device, it's determined that the sixth port on the third device is connected to the fifth port.