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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2002
Applicants:
Peter Arberg, Hojbjerg, DK;
Ravi Chandra, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Michail Krupkin, New Westminster, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Redback Networks Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/50 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for selectively packet mirroring is described. A method in a network element comprises selectively mirroring packets, the packets being associated with a first virtual path, the first virtual path indicating a first physical path and a first virtual path identifier and the selectively mirrored packets forwarded in accordance with a second virtual path, said second virtual path indicating a second physical path and a second virtual path identifier.