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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2010
Michael D. Blair, Cary, NC (US);
Praveen Jain, Cupertino, CA (US);
Cheyne Monroe Womble, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Glenn C. Ferris, Raleigh, NC (US);
Mangesh Shingane, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael D. Blair, Cary, NC (US);
Praveen Jain, Cupertino, CA (US);
Cheyne Monroe Womble, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Glenn C. Ferris, Raleigh, NC (US);
Mangesh Shingane, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment a method is provided for requesting and receiving network statistics in-band of a data replication exchange. The method includes receiving, at a switch, a request packet, initiated from a data replication system, for in-band delivery of network statistics, modifying the request packet to include a command that can be processed by a data storage device that is periodically accessed in connection with the data replication system, sending the request packet including the command to the data storage device, receiving from the peripheral device, in response to the request packet including the command, a response packet that includes data responsive to the command, deleting from a data field of the response packet the data responsive to the command and adding to the data field network statistics data available to the switch, and sending the response packet including the network statistics data to one of another switch or a host device from which the request packet was sent.