US Patent 7031304 Method and apparatus for selective packet Mirroring

A method and apparatus for selectively packet mirroring is described. A method in a network element comprises selectively mirroring packets, the packets being associated with a first virtual path, the first virtual path indicating a first physical path and a first virtual path identifier and the selectively mirrored packets forwarded in accordance with a second virtual path, said second virtual path indicating a second physical path and a second virtual path identifier.