Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

Dsc Telecom L.p.

David McDaniel

Balaji Varadaraju

Kiran Koushik Agrahara Sreenivasa

Minh L Phan

Jinx R Smith

Yao-Pao (Frank) Chien

Techniques for facilitating port mirroring in virtual networks are provided. In one embodiment, a computer system can receive, from a user, port mirroring configuration information for enabling port mirroring within a virtual network, the port mirroring configuration information including an identity of a port to be mirrored and an address of a traffic receiver intended to receive traffic mirrored from the port. The computer system can further power-on a virtual machine (VM) within the virtual network in response to receiving the port mirroring configuration information, where the VM executes an instance of a virtual bridge. The computer system can then transmit one or more configuration commands to the virtual bridge, where the one or more configuration commands cause the virtual bridge to perform port mirroring in accordance with the port mirroring configuration information received from the user.

Techniques for facilitating port mirroring in virtual networks

A system is provided for logging digital messages and forwarding them outside a proprietary telecommunications network. The system includes a service logic program (&ldquo;SLP&rdquo;) which determines whether the message is to be forwarded outside the proprietary system. If the message is to be forwarded outside the system, the SLP sends it to the main relay, which logs the message to a log file, and forwards it to a discriminator. The discriminator forwards the message to a sub-relay, which is connected to a vendor application. The sub-relay forwards the message outside the proprietary telecommunications system, to the vendor application.

System for forwarding and logging a digital message from a telecommunications device

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Austin, TX, United States of America

David McDaniel