Invention Grant
US08996720B2 Method and apparatus for mirroring frames to a remote diagnostic system
有权
将镜像镜像到远程诊断系统的方法和装置
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for mirroring frames to a remote diagnostic system
- Patent Title (中): 将镜像镜像到远程诊断系统的方法和装置
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Application No.: US12725171Application Date: 2010-03-16
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Publication No.: US08996720B2Publication Date: 2015-03-31
- Inventor: Satsheel Bhasker Altekar , Venkata Pramod Balakavi , Kung-Ling Ko , Surya Prakash Varanasi
- Applicant: Satsheel Bhasker Altekar , Venkata Pramod Balakavi , Kung-Ling Ko , Surya Prakash Varanasi
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G06F15/173
- IPC: G06F15/173 ; H04L12/26 ; H04L12/46
Abstract:
Apparatuses and methods to mirror frames received at an input port or provided by an output port to a port not connected to the device performing the mirroring operation. A frame being sent to a diagnostic system has a mirror header added to allow the frame to be routed through any intervening switches in the same fabric. The final switch or the diagnostic system removes the mirror header. If the diagnostic system is attached in a different fabric, encapsulation and inter-fabric routing headers are added as needed to the frame containing the mirror header. This allows the frame to traverse multiple fabrics to reach the diagnostic system. The encapsulation and inter-fabric routing headers are removed as done normally. This allows a diagnostic system to be connected to any switch in the network, either in the same or a different fabric.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110231570A1 Method and Apparatus for Mirroring Frames to a Remote Diagnostic System Public/Granted day:2011-09-22
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