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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2011
Akshya Kumar Singh, Cupertino, CA (US);
Anuraag Mittal, San Jose, CA (US);
Srinivas Sardar, Fremont, CA (US);
Cesare Cantu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Akshya Kumar Singh, Cupertino, CA (US);
Anuraag Mittal, San Jose, CA (US);
Srinivas Sardar, Fremont, CA (US);
Cesare Cantu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A network appliance that is part of a distributed virtual switch collects network flow information for network flows passing through the network appliance. The network flow information is encapsulated into packets as a data record for transport. Network flow exporter type information is added to the network flow records configured to indicate that the packets are from a distributed exporter. An option template is sent to the network flow data collectors that includes a device identifier that is configured to uniquely identify the network appliance. The packets are exported to the network flow data collector. The network flow data collector uses the network flow exporter type information and the device identifier to associate the network flow information with the distributed virtual switch.