Integrated network interconnecting device and probe
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1. A network interconnecting device including:
- a housing;
at least two ports coupled to the housing;
a switching fabric, operative in transporting electrical signals, disposed within the housing;
a processor subsystem operatively coupled to the switch fabric;
a first circuit arrangement operatively coupling the at least two ports and the switching fabric, said circuit arrangement operative to route electrical signals representative of information packets between the at least two ports; and
a single probe mounted within the housing and operatively coupled to the switching fabric and the at least two ports wherein said single probe gathers and provides statistical information from the at least two ports.
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Abstract
A Local Area Network (LAN) Switch includes conventional switching functions and integrated Remote Monitoring (RMON) Universal Feature Card (UFC). The UFC allows simultaneously statistically monitoring the traffic on all ports, 100% monitoring of the traffic on one port, and monitoring the internal LAN Switch switching fabric to obtain RMON statistics about the operation of networks attached to the LAN Switch.
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20 Claims
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1. A network interconnecting device including:
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a housing; at least two ports coupled to the housing; a switching fabric, operative in transporting electrical signals, disposed within the housing; a processor subsystem operatively coupled to the switch fabric; a first circuit arrangement operatively coupling the at least two ports and the switching fabric, said circuit arrangement operative to route electrical signals representative of information packets between the at least two ports; and a single probe mounted within the housing and operatively coupled to the switching fabric and the at least two ports wherein said single probe gathers and provides statistical information from the at least two ports. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A probe for monitoring networks coupled by an interconnecting device including:
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a circuit arrangement, mounted inside the interconnecting device, that collects signals on a fixed time basis manner or time-slice manner at ports of said interconnecting device; a logic circuit arrangement that processes the signals and generating statistical information therefrom; and a processor based system that processes said statistical information and arranging them into RMON data groups as specified by RFC 1757 standard. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A probe for integrating in a network interconnecting device including:
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a first interface with circuits that monitor signals from at least one port within a group of ports to collect data on a fixed time basis from said at least one port; a second interface with circuits that roves the ports in the group and monitors signals to collect data on a time-slice basis; and a controller that processes the data and arranges the processed data in a Management Information Base (MIB). - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A method to gather statistical information from a network interconnecting device including the steps of:
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using circuits in a first interface of a probe to collect the statistical information on a fixed time basis from at least one port in a group of ports; using circuits in a second interface of said probe to rove the ports in said group of ports and collect the statistical information on a time slice basis; and using a controller to process the statistical information and arranging in a Management Information Base. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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