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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2013
Gregory S. Hilton, Austin, TX (US);
Andrew M. Spooner, Austin, TX (US);
Franz J. Weller, Austin, TX (US);
Patricia A. Abkowitz, Austin, TX (US);
Ronald A. Pleshek, Austin, TX (US);
Richard G. Jeske, Georgetown, TX (US);
Keith E. Cheney, Austin, TX (US);
Charles A. Webb, Iii, Austin, TX (US);
Scott A. Harper, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Gregory S. Hilton, Austin, TX (US);
Andrew M. Spooner, Austin, TX (US);
Franz J. Weller, Austin, TX (US);
Patricia A. Abkowitz, Austin, TX (US);
Ronald A. Pleshek, Austin, TX (US);
Richard G. Jeske, Georgetown, TX (US);
Keith E. Cheney, Austin, TX (US);
Charles A. Webb, III, Austin, TX (US);
Scott A. Harper, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Anue Systems, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for unified systems of network tool optimizers (NTOs). A NTO supervisor device controls switch fabric circuitry to interconnect a plurality of NTO member devices so that packets received at a source port for one NTO member device can be output to a destination port for a different NTO member device. The NTO supervisor device is further configured to analyze filters for the NTO member devices and to generate filter rules for forwarding packets among the various NTO member devices using the switch fabric circuitry. Further, additional secondary NTO supervisor devices can also be included within the unified NTO system to further expand the system. As such, a plurality of NTO member devices are managed and controlled by one or more NTO supervisor devices to form a highly scalable and efficient unified NTO system.