CPC H04L 67/1095 (2013.01) [H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 43/02 (2013.01)] | 21 Claims |
1. A method for implementing traffic mirroring for network telemetry, the method comprising:
identifying network traffic at a network appliance that is to be subjected to traffic mirroring for network telemetry; and
selecting from available options of:
transmitting enhanced mirrored network traffic from the network appliance to a collector, wherein the enhanced mirrored network traffic is generated at the network appliance by at least one of compressing and encrypting the network traffic; and
transmitting mirrored network traffic from the network appliance to the collector without compressing or encrypting the network traffic;
wherein the enhanced mirrored network traffic is generated to include a header field that indicates whether mirrored network traffic is compressed;
wherein the header field is in a reserved field of an Encapsulated Remote Switch Port Analyzer (ERSPAN) header.
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