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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2024
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kanzhe Jiang, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Zhao Dong, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sandip Shah, Fremont, CA (US);
Shunjia Yu, San Jose, CA (US);
ARISTA NETWORKS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A framework for facilitating the capturing and querying of network traffic (packets) is provided. In one set of embodiments, the framework enables the assignment of tags to sets of related network device interfaces. For example, a tag Tmay be assigned to a set of network device interfaces that carry traffic for an application or service A, a tag Tmay be assigned to a set of network device interfaces that carry traffic for an application or service A, and so on. The framework further enables the use of these tags for provisioning packet capture sessions and for querying the resulting captured packets.