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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2017
Gigamon Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Zbigniew Sufleta, Cobb, CA (US);
Hung Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Gigamon Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An inline-bypass switch system includes: a first inline-bypass switch appliance having a first bypass component, a first switch coupled to the first bypass component, and a first controller; and a second inline-bypass switch appliance having a second bypass component, a second switch coupled to the second bypass component, and a second controller; wherein the first controller in the first inline-bypass switch appliance is configured to provide a state signal that is associated with a state of the first inline-bypass switch appliance; and wherein the second controller in the second inline-bypass switch appliance is configured to control the second bypass component based at least in part on the state signal.