A method and system is disclosed for automatically discovering Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) nodes a network in real time. The discover process transmits a signal from a network manager to a first CDP node of the network. The signal requests information regarding additional CDP nodes known to the first...http://www.google.fr/patents/US7185109?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US7185109 - Recursive discovery of CDP type of nodes in a network of various node types
Recursive discovery of CDP type of nodes in a network of various node types