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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2018
Mellanox Technologies Tlv Ltd., Raanana, IL;
Shachar Dor, Rosh Ha'ayin, IL;
MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES TLV LTD., Raanana, IL;
Abstract
Communication apparatus includes a plurality of ports, including at least a first port configured to transmit and receive first data packets over a network in accordance with a network-layer protocol to and from a network management station, and a second port configured to be connected to a neighboring unmanaged device so as to transmit and receive second data packets to and from the unmanaged device in accordance with a link-layer protocol. A processor is configured to receive telemetry data from the unmanaged device via the second port in accordance with the link-layer protocol, to aggregate the received telemetry data in a memory, and to report the aggregated telemetry data to the network management station via the first port in accordance with the network-layer protocol.