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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2012
Khanh V. Nguyen, Milpitas, CA (US);
Naveen Kumar Tyagi, Fremont, CA (US);
Ray M. Lau, Foster City, CA (US);
Khanh V. Nguyen, Milpitas, CA (US);
Naveen Kumar Tyagi, Fremont, CA (US);
Ray M. Lau, Foster City, CA (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example and includes receiving flow data associated with a traffic flow. The flow data can be tagged with a data source identifier identifying a data source exporting the flow data, a source site identifier identifying a site associated with a source device of the traffic flow, and a destination site identifier identifying a destination site associated with a destination device of the traffic flow. The method further includes determining at least one authoritative data source for each site and metric type using at least one selection rule. The method further includes receiving a query for de-duplicated flow data, and generating de-duplicated flow data based on the data source identifier, source site identifier, and destination site identifier and particular flow data associated with the determined at least one authoritative data source.