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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2021
Netscout Systems, Inc, Westford, MA (US);
Koneru Kaushik, San Jose, CA (US);
Sivakumar Thirunavukkarasu, San Jose, CA (US);
Amal Khursheed, Delhi, IN;
Pratapa Yeddula, Westford, MA (US);
Saradha Srinivasan, Saratoga, CA (US);
NetScout Systems, Inc., Westford, MA (US);
Abstract
A method and system of transmitting network traffic through a stack having at least two switches is provided. The method includes receiving encapsulated network traffic via an inbound stack port of a switch of the stack, wherein the encapsulated network traffic was encapsulated with a flow identification (flow ID), and wherein the flow ID is assigned to a particular flow and is unique across the stack. The method further includes decapsulating the encapsulated network traffic using the flow ID contingent upon the switch being configured to decapsulate using the flow ID and transmitting the decapsulated network traffic from the switch in accordance with mapping information associated with the flow ID, wherein the switch is preconfigured with the mapping information.