US 10,652,154 B1 · Traffic analyzer for autonomously configuring a network device

Abstract

Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms facilitate actionable reporting of network state information and real-time, autonomous network engineering directly in-network at a switch or other network device. A data collector within the network device collects state information and/or data unit information from various device components, such as traffic managers and packet processors. The data collector, which may optionally generate additional state information by performing various calculations on the information it receives, is configured to then provide at least some of the state information to an analyzer device connected to an analyzer interface. The analyzer device, which may be a separate device, performs various analyses on the state information, depending on how it is configured. The analyzer device outputs reports that identify statuses, errors, misconfigurations, and/or suggested actions to take to improve operation of the network device. In an embodiment, some or all actions that may be suggested therein are executed automatically.

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A system comprising:

a network switching device comprising:
network communication interfaces configured to send data units to other network devices via one or more communications networks;
one or more packet processors configured to process the data units prior to sending the data units;
one or more traffic managers configured to control flow of the data units to the one or more packet processors;
a data collector configured to send state information out an analyzer interface, the state information describing operational states of the one or more packet processors and/or the one or more traffic managers;
device control logic configured to adjust device settings of the network switching device in response to control instructions;
an analyzer device coupled to the analyzer interface and configured to receive the state information, the analyzer device comprising analysis logic configured to, based on the state information received from the collector, generate first control instructions identifying first device settings of the network switching device to change, and to send the first control instructions to the network switching device via the analyzer interface.

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Traffic analyzer for autonomously configuring a network device

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Traffic analyzer for autonomously configuring a network device

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Abstract

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