Abstract: An example system may include a processor executing instructions to receive, at a smart packet broker from a switch manager, a request instructing the smart packet broker to apply a filter to network traffic processed by a switching system associated with a switch fabric. The switching system may include a plurality of ports and may be configured to switchably couple sets of ports from the plurality of ports. The smart packet broker may further apply the filter to the network traffic using the switching system. The filter may have a set of defined attributes. The smart packet broker may, in some instances, filter data corresponding to the set of defined attributes to the switch manager from the first network traffic.