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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2013
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Rangaprasad Sampath, Bangalore, IN;
Ramasamy Apathotharanan, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/833 (2013.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/745 (2013.01); H04L 41/069 (2013.01); H04L 43/50 (2013.01); H04L 47/31 (2013.01); H04L 61/2592 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a method of troubleshooting an OpenFlow network. A test packet is sent to a test node on the OpenFlow network. A response from the test node is validated against an expected response. If the response is consistent with the expected response, a modified test packet is sent to a further test node on the OpenFlow network. If the response is inconsistent with the expected response, a notification is provided to a user.