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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
May. 01, 2012
Applicant:
Akshya Kumar Singh, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventor:
Akshya Kumar Singh, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technnology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/2602 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes generating at a network device comprising a virtual switch, a tenant record comprising tenant information for a context defined within the virtual switch, exporting the tenant record to a collector, monitoring network flow at the virtual switch, and exporting network flow data in a data record to the collector. The data record includes an identifier associating the data record with the context. An apparatus is also disclosed.