Patent ID: 8953584
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, the code comprising code to cause the processor to: receive, at a network management module, a request for first data plane information and second data plane information associated with a plurality of access switches of a distributed switch; send, in response to the request, an instruction to each access switch from the plurality of access switches such that a proxy module at each access switch from the plurality of access switches (1) accesses first data plane information at a first line card at that access switch, (2) accesses second data plane information at a second line card at that access switch, and (3) aggregates the first data plane information and the second data plane information to produce aggregated data plane information prior to sending the first data plane information and the second data plane information to the network management module; receive, from each access switch from the plurality of access switches, the aggregated data plane information associated with that access switch; and send a signal to output, on a single interface, the aggregated data plane information associated with each access switch from the plurality of access switches.