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Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 04, 2018
Applicant:

Big Switch Networks Llc, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ryan Izard, Manteca, CA (US);

Christian Geddings Barrineau, Seneca, SC (US);

Sandip Shah, Milpitas, CA (US);

Shudong Zhou, Fremont, CA (US);

Andrew Shaw, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

Big Switch Networks LLC, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/707 (2013.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 41/14 (2013.01); H04L 41/0604 (2013.01); H04L 41/0668 (2013.01); H04L 45/22 (2013.01); H04L 61/103 (2013.01); H04L 61/2015 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for building a monitoring fabric are described. The system receives a duplicate of a first portion of traffic information from a first network as first traffic information and communicates the first traffic information in the monitoring fabric. The first traffic information is communicated to a controller that configures the monitoring fabric. The system receives a duplicate of a second portion of the traffic information from the first network as second traffic information. The system forwards the second traffic information to at least one tool.


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