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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2023
Applicant:
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
ARISTA NETWORKS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 69/22 (2022.01); H04L 43/12 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 69/22 (2013.01); H04L 43/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A network device replicates a received packet for delivery to one or more analytical tools according to a list of entries called a multicast group that is associated with the received packet. Each entry in the multicast group is associated with an egress port on the network device and with one or more packet editing actions. For each entry in the multicast group, the received packet is replicated, edited according to the associated packet editing actions, and egressed on the associated egress port.