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Techniques for facilitating port mirroring in virtual networks

  • US 9,912,536 B2
  • Filed: 10/02/2015
  • Issued: 03/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by a computer system from a user, port mirroring configuration information for enabling port mirroring within a network, the port mirroring configuration information including an identity of a port to be mirrored and an address of a traffic receiver intended to receive traffic mirrored from the port;

    powering-on, by the computer system, a virtual machine within the network in response to receiving the port mirroring configuration information, the virtual machine executing an instance of a virtual bridge; and

    transmitting, by the computer system, one or more configuration commands to the virtual bridge, the one or more configuration commands causing the virtual bridge to perform port mirroring in accordance with the port mirroring configuration information received from the user.

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