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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2021
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
David Snowdon, Darlinghurst, AU;
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate to methods and systems for processing network traffic data units. The methods and systems may include functionality for receiving a first network traffic data unit at a first edge device at a first time, and appending a first ingress timestamp to the first network traffic data unit based on the first time. The methods and systems also include functionality to receive a second network traffic data unit at a second edge device at a second time and appending a second ingress timestamp to the second network traffic data unit based on the second time. The first network traffic data unit and second network traffic data unit are transmitted, via a network, to a data processing device.