Map sharing for a switch device

摘要

A method of implementing map sharing for a network switch appliance, the network switch appliance having a plurality of network ports and a plurality of instrument ports, the method includes: receiving a first input for creating a map for the network switch appliance, wherein the map comprises one or more packet processing rules, and wherein the act of receiving the first input is performed by a processing unit; receiving a second input for prescribing a map sharing privilege for the map; and storing the map and the map sharing privilege in association with the map in a non-transitory medium.

主权项

1. A method of implementing map sharing for a network switch appliance, the network switch appliance having a plurality of network ports and a plurality of instrument ports, the method comprising:
receiving a first input for creating a map for the network switch appliance, wherein the map comprises one or more packet processing rules, and wherein the act of receiving the first input is performed by a processor; receiving a second input for prescribing a map sharing privilege for the map, wherein at least one of the first input or the second input is from a first user; storing the map and the map sharing privilege in association with the map in a machine-readable non-transitory storage medium; receiving a third input from a second user representing a request to access the map; determining a role of the second user; and determining whether to allow the second user to access the map based on the role of the second user.