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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2011
Eldad Mat{hacek Over (I)}tyahu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert Shaw, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Dennis Carpio, San Jose, CA (US);
Xiaochun Liu, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Randy Fung, San Jose, CA (US);
Siuman Hui, San Francisco, CA (US);
Eldad Mat{hacek over (i)}tyahu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert Shaw, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Dennis Carpio, San Jose, CA (US);
Xiaochun Liu, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Randy Fung, San Jose, CA (US);
Siuman Hui, San Francisco, CA (US);
Net Optics, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for enabling a plurality of monitoring functions to be performed on network data is provided. The apparatus includes a power module and a processor module. The apparatus also includes a set of network ports that includes a set of input network ports for receiving the data traffic and a set of output network ports for outputting the data traffic from the apparatus. The apparatus further includes a switchboard arrangement that includes at least two chips that are configured to interact with one another to perform the plurality of monitoring functions on the data traffic received by the switchboard arrangement. The apparatus yet also includes logic module for analyzing the data traffic and for displaying the statistical data pertaining to the data traffic. The apparatus yet further includes a visual display arrangement that is configured for displaying the statistical data.