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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Michel Abdelnour, Raleigh, NC (US);
John Walter Linville, Durham, NC (US);
Edward Stanley Suffern, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Jeffrey Robert Warren, Apex, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
709224 ; 709217 ; 709249 ; 370218 ; 370219 ; 370220 ; 370233 ;
Abstract
A Local Area Network (LAN) Switch includes conventional switching functions and integrated Remote Monitoring (RMON) Universal Feature Card (UFC). The UFC allows simultaneously statistically monitoring the traffic on all ports, 100% monitoring of the traffic on one port, and monitoring the internal LAN Switch switching fabric to obtain RMON statistics about the operation of networks attached to the LAN Switch.