Method and System for Real-Time Visualization of Network Flow within Network Device

A system for real-time network flow visualization within a network device, comprising:

• multiple network devices operating to transmit multiple network flows through a network, each of the multiple network devices including one or more internal interfaces;
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• a computer operating to display a network topology of the network in a graphical user interface on a display connected to the computer, the network topology including graphical representations of multiple network devices, of internal interfaces within the multiple network devices, and of network connections between the multiple network devices, the computer operating to acquire a record of a network flow within a particular network device of the multiple network devices in real time upon transmission of the network flow within the particular network device, and the computer operating to render on the display in real time a graphical representation of a transmission path of the network flow within he particular network device based on the record of the network flow.