Patent ID: 9110742
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for capturing data in a network semiconductor chip, the network semiconductor chip interfacing a number of network links, the system comprising: a number of data recorders in the network semiconductor chip equal to the number of network links, each data recorder associated with a network link, each data recorder for monitoring a plurality of data interfaces, the plurality of data interfaces including an input interface of the associated network link and an output interface of the associated network link, each data recorder having a programmable mode; a storage array in each data recorder, the storage array for storing a target portion of the data crossing a selected data interface, the target portion determined by the programmable mode of the data recorder; and a data recorder manager in the network semiconductor chip, the data recorder manager in communication with the number of data recorders, the data recorder manager for stopping recording substantially simultaneously on a plurality of the number of data recorders.