Abstract: In an embodiment of a method of tracing a path through a switch mesh from a first device connected to the switch mesh to a second device connected to the switch mesh, hardware addresses of the first and second devices are obtained. At least one switch that is a neighbor to the first device is identified. At least one switch that is a neighbor to the first device is queried to identify at least one port of at least one switch that is forwarding packets having the hardware addresses of the first and second devices.

Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for analyzing an event in a network. For example, the method for analyzing an event in a network includes identifying a network protocol error in the network, identifying a network hardware failure in the network, correlating the network protocol error and the network hardware failure to determine a correlation result, and outputting the correlation result to a user interface. The correlation output can provide an indication of a relationship between the network protocol error and the network hardware failure.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for managing a network slowdown. The method includes measuring a time for a packet to travel from a source node over a given path to a destination node in the network; comparing the time with a threshold for the path; and generating an event when the time exceeds the threshold, wherein the event identifies a hop along the path which exceeds a hop limit within the path.

Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for automated event polling in a network. A server receives a HTTP request for data from a database on the server. A client generates the HTTP request for the data. The server responds to the request by reformatting the data into an XML format. The server then transmits the data in XML format to the client. The client receives the data transmitted from the server in XML format and converts the data in XML format to a format used by the client software.