发明名称 |
Method and Apparatus for Mirroring Frames to a Remote Diagnostic System |
摘要 |
Apparatuses and methods to mirror frames received at an input port or provided by an output port to a port not connected to the device performing the mirroring operation. A frame being sent to a diagnostic system has a mirror header added to allow the frame to be routed through any intervening switches in the same fabric. The final switch or the diagnostic system removes the mirror header. If the diagnostic system is attached in a different fabric, encapsulation and inter-fabric routing headers are added as needed to the frame containing the mirror header. This allows the frame to traverse multiple fabrics to reach the diagnostic system. The encapsulation and inter-fabric routing headers are removed as done normally. This allows a diagnostic system to be connected to any switch in the network, either in the same or a different fabric.
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申请公布号 |
US2011231570(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2011.09.22 |
申请号 |
US20100725171 |
申请日期 |
2010.03.16 |
申请人 |
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. |
发明人 |
ALTEKAR SATSHEEL BHASKER;BALAKAVI VENKATA PRAMOD;KO KUNG-LING;VARANASI SURYA PRAKASH |
分类号 |
G06F15/16 |
主分类号 |
G06F15/16 |
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