FORWARDING TRAFFIC FLOW INFORMATION USING AN INTELLIGENT LINE CARD

摘要

Methods (Fig. 6) and apparatus are provided for monitoring traffic characteristics using intelligent line cards. Selected flows are configured for monitoring based on characteristics such as an initiator target pairing or an initiator target and logical unit "LUN" grouping (step 601). Frames such as command frames associated with selected flows (step 611) are forwarded to both an output port and a switch port analyzer "SPAN" (step 623).