Patent · US Expired

Mirroring in a stacked network switch configuration

US6839349B2 · kind B2 · utility

53Cited by
42References
15Claims
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Filing dateDec 7, 2000
Grant dateJan 4, 2005
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Expiry dateJun 9, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L69/14
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of mirroring data to a mirrored to port in a plurality of switches. The method has the steps of determining if data was sent to all of said plurality of switches; determining if said data was sent to a mirrored to port (MTP); and resending said data to all of said plurality of switches if mirroring is enabled and said data was not sent to said MTP.

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