Patent ID: 7773529
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A director device arrangement for enabling a plurality of monitoring functions to be performed on data traffic traversing through a network, comprising: a power module for providing power to circuitry of said director device arrangement; a processor module for providing processing capability to said director device arrangement; a set of network ports, said set of network ports including a set of input network ports for receiving said data traffic and a set of output network ports for outputting said data traffic from said director device arrangement; a set of switch chips, said set of switch chips being configured to include at least a first switch chip and a second switch chip, said first switch chip and said second switch chip interacting with one another to perform said plurality of monitoring functions on said data traffic received by said set of switch chips; and a set of monitoring ports, said set of monitoring ports being configured to receive at least one of said data traffic traversing through said network, whereas said data traffic is configured to traverse said director device arrangement between said set of input network ports and said set of output network ports irrespective of whether said power is provided to said circuitry of said director device arrangement.