US 11,736,351 B2
Identifying components for removal in a network configuration
Ramana Rao Kompella, Cupertino, CA (US); Chandra Nagarajan, Fremont, CA (US); John Thomas Monk, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Purna Mani Kumar Ghantasala, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Cisco Technology Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/670,036.
Application 17/670,036 is a continuation of application No. 15/661,889, filed on Jul. 27, 2017, granted, now 11,283,680.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/521,629, filed on Jun. 19, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0166673 A1, May 26, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 41/0853 (2022.01); H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); H04L 41/14 (2022.01); H04L 41/0813 (2022.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 49/1515 (2022.01); H04L 45/64 (2022.01); H04L 47/2441 (2022.01); H04L 49/10 (2022.01); H04L 45/745 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0853 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 41/145 (2013.01); H04L 41/0813 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 45/64 (2013.01); H04L 45/74591 (2022.05); H04L 47/2441 (2013.01); H04L 49/10 (2013.01); H04L 49/1515 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
determining, by at least one processor, a hit count for a concrete level rule implemented on a node;
identifying one or more components from a logical model, wherein the one or more components are associated with the concrete level rule;
attributing the hit count for the concrete level rule to each of the one or more components;
determining one or more ternary content-addressable memory (TCAM) entries associated with the one or more components;
calculating a number of stale TCAM entries based at least in part on the hit count; and
generating a report, based at least in part on the number of stale TCAM entries, identifying a removal candidate of the one or more components.