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US 2014/0177428 A1Published application
Service level mirroring in ethernet network
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsAbhishek Sinha, Frederic Spieser
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Abstract
A mirror maintenance endpoint (MEP) is hosted on a provider edge switch within an Ethernet network to perform service level mirroring to a network management device of the Ethernet network. The mirror MEP is configured by the network management device to receive all mirrored frames from provider edge switches in a service provider network and to switch the mirrored frames to the network management device. The mirrored frames are mirrored by the provider edge switches to the mirror MEP during mirror sessions initiated by the network management device.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a first port coupled to a service provider network via a first Ethernet link;
- a second port coupled to a network management device via a second Ethernet link;
- a mirror maintenance endpoint configured by the network management device to receive all mirrored frames from provider edge switches in the service provider network via the first port and switch the mirrored frames to the network management device via the second port, the mirrored frames being mirrored by the provider edge switches to the mirror maintenance endpoint during mirror sessions initiated by the network management device;
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- a processor for executing the mirror maintenance endpoint to facilitate switching of the mirrored frames to the network management device.
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A provider edge switch, comprising:
- a port coupled to a service provider network via an Ethernet link;
- a provider maintenance endpoint hosted on the provider edge switch;
- a processor for executing the provider maintenance endpoint to:
- receive a mirror session setup from a network management device in the service provider network to configure a mirror session for mirroring frames to the network management device;
- determine a mirror maintenance endpoint hosted on an additional provider edge switch within the service provider network and pre-configured to receive all mirrored frames from all provider edge switches within the service provider network;
- produce ones of the mirrored frames from original frames during the mirror session;
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- switch the ones of the mirrored frames to the mirror maintenance endpoint for forwarding to the network management device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.