Patent ID: 6771606
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for controlling the monitoring of an on-line data unit in a network switching system, which drives a network switch in a network, comprising the steps of:establishing a fordwarding configuration table subject to a forwarding table built in the network switch according to settings from a user, and modifying values of a port column in the forwarding table corresponding to at least one node in the network under monitoring, enabling the at least one node under monitoring to be changed to a state of being in communication with a CPU (central processing unit) in the network switch, so that the CPU captures and monitors data units from the at least one node under monitoring subject to parameter values set in the forwarding configuration table, and then forwards captured and collected data units to a respective destination address through the network switch subject to the port column values in the forwarding configuration table corresponding to the at least one node under monitoring.