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Remote monitoring of switch network

  • US 6,853,623 B2
  • Filed: 03/05/1999
  • Issued: 02/08/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/05/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for use in gathering information for use in managing a network, said system comprising:

  • a plurality of network switches logically organized in a stack configuration so as to operate as a single logical switch, each network switch having a plurality of ports;

    an entity separate and remote from the plurality of switches for gathering said information;

    a multiplexer separate and remote from the plurality of network switches for selectively connecting, according to an arbitration scheme, said plurality of network switches one at a time to said remote entity, wherein each network switch is connected to said multiplexer by a separate connection, and transmits port activity-related data that are supplied to the remote entity via the multiplexer in accordance with the arbitration scheme, and are converted by the remote entity into network management-related information.

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