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Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017

Filed:

May. 06, 2015
Applicant:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Biju Mathews Mammen, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Samar Sharma, San Jose, CA (US);

Nikhil Dhar, San Jose, CA (US);

Avni Baveja, San Jose, CA (US);

Mitali Parthasarathy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Ashish Purushottam Attarde, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/08 (2013.01); H04L 41/04 (2013.01); H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 43/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method for enabling network appliance monitoring is disclosed. The method includes establishing a remote execution channel for executing commands on a network element such as e.g. a switch. The method also includes using the remote execution channel to initiate execution of one or more commands on the network element. The method further includes receiving at least part of an output resulting from the execution of the one or more commands, wherein the received at least part of the output enables performing the network appliance monitoring.


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