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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
May. 25, 2012
Tom Gallatin, San Jose, CA (US);
Denny K. Miu, San Francisco, CA (US);
King L. Won, San Jose, CA (US);
Patrick Pak Tak Leong, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ted Ho, San Jose, CA (US);
Tom Gallatin, San Jose, CA (US);
Denny K. Miu, San Francisco, CA (US);
King L. Won, San Jose, CA (US);
Patrick Pak Tak Leong, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ted Ho, San Jose, CA (US);
Gigamon Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A packet switch device for providing visibility of traffic in a network includes a housing, a processing unit located in the housing, a first network port communicatively coupled to the processing unit, wherein the first network port is configured to communicate with the network, a second network port communicatively coupled to the processing unit, wherein the second network port is configured to communicate with the network, and at least one instrument port communicatively coupled to the processing unit, the at least one instrument port configured to communicate with a first network monitoring instrument, wherein the processing unit is configured to support a movement of packets from one or both of the first and second network ports to the at least one instrument port.