Ethernet topology discovery for virtual local area networks with incomplete information

Author

Li Zichao ; Hu Ziwei ; Zhang Geng ; Ma Yan

Author_Institution

Inst. of Network Technol., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing, China

fYear

2014

fDate

19-21 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

252

Lastpage

256

Abstract

In this paper, we proposed an algorithm to discovery physical layer topology structure of Ethernet networks with incomplete address forwarding table information by collecting data via SNMP. The new algorithm is also able to handles VLANs and layer-3 switches. We have implemented our algorithm in networks of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications which demonstrated that our algorithms works well in many heterogeneous networks.

Keywords

local area networks; telecommunication network topology; telecommunication switching; virtualisation; Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Ethernet networks; Ethernet topology discovery; SNMP; VLAN; address forwarding table information; heterogeneous networks; layer-3 switches; physical layer topology structure; virtual local area networks; Data collection; Educational institutions; IP networks; Information filtering; Network topology; Topology; SNMP MIB; VLAN; layer-2 network discovery; switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Network Infrastructure and Digital Content (IC-NIDC), 2014 4th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-4736-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICNIDC.2014.7000304

Filename

7000304