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Patent US7782784 - Port analyzer adapter - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsMethods and devices are provided for encapsulating FC frames from a network device as Ethernet frames. Preferably, the FC frames represent traffic for a plurality of ports of the network device. The encapsulated Ethernet frames may be input to a conventional network interface card of a personal computer...http://www.google.com/patents/US7782784?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7782784 - Port analyzer adapterAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7782784 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 10/409,427Publication dateAug 24, 2010Priority dateJan 10, 2003Fee statusPaidAlso published asCA2512338A1, CA2512338C, EP1582029A1, EP1582029B1, US20040153854, WO2004064324A1, WO2004064324A8Publication number10409427, 409427, US 7782784 B2, US 7782784B2, US-B2-7782784, US7782784 B2, US7782784B2InventorsPawan Agrawal, Sujatha Sundaraaraman, Ritu Aggarwal, Silvano Gai, Dinesh Ganapathy DuttOriginal AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (82), Non-Patent Citations (41), Referenced by (8), Classifications (7), Legal Events (5) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetPort analyzer adapter
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