1. A method for determining connectivity information of detected Internet Protocol (IP) devices in a network, comprising: generating a physical address-to-port map based on collected operational data; pruning the physical address-to-port map to generate a pruned physical address-to-port map, wherein said pruning comprises pruning the physical address-to-port map based on switch port connectivity Information and link connectivity information; and updating connectivity information of the detected IP devices based on the pruned physical address-to-port map.