CPC H04L 61/256 (2013.01) [H04L 43/12 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
associating, by an edge device implemented in circuitry, a source identifier with a network device of a plurality of network devices;
identifying, by the edge device, a telemetry packet indicating telemetry data for a plurality of packets output by the network device;
selecting, by the edge device, the source identifier for the network device from a plurality of source identifiers in response to determining that the telemetry packet indicates a source IP address matching the network device and the associating of the source identifier with the network device;
modifying, by the edge device, the telemetry packet that indicates the source IP address to further indicate the selected source identifier; and
outputting, by the edge device, the modified telemetry packet, wherein the modified telemetry packet indicates the source IP address and further indicates the selected source identifier.
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