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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2006
Raja Rao Tadimeti, San Jose, CA (US);
Madhava Rao Cheethirala, San Jose, CA (US);
Raja Rao Tadimeti, San Jose, CA (US);
Madhava Rao Cheethirala, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of monitoring network traffic in a fabric and a Fibre Channel network are provided. The method includes: transmitting a monitoring configuration message to a plurality of fabric elements in a Fibre Channel network, said monitoring configuration message including classification criteria identifying packets to be monitored; receiving copies of identified packets from the plurality of fabric elements; and analyzing the copies of identified packets to determine data transmission status in the Fibre Channel network. The Fibre Channel network includes: a plurality of fabric elements; a management system configured to transmit a monitoring configuration message to the plurality of fabric elements, said monitoring configuration message including classification criteria identifying packets to be monitored; and an analyzer configured to: receive copies of identified packets from the plurality of fabric elements; and analyze the copies of identified packets to determine data transmission status in the Fibre Channel network.