Intel Corporation

Andreas Magnussen

Jacob J Schroeder

Steen V Kock

Jens K Andreassen

A method and apparatus for receiving data having an address at a network switch having at least one protocol processor, and hashing at least part of the address to obtain an identifier of a protocol processor in the switch. Source address preservation may be used so that data transfers between server and client may be distributed to the same protocol processor in a switch or web appliance by hashing the same address regardless of which header field the address resides in.

Hash-based data frame distribution for web switches

A protocol processing system includes a frame buffer controller to store data. A protocol terminator system is coupled to the frame buffer controller to receive and transmit events. An event queue system is coupled to the protocol terminator system to store the events in an event queue. A protocol processing agent is provided to process a protocol. The protocol processing agent has a first connection with the frame buffer controller and a second connection with the protocol terminator system. The first connection transports the data between the protocol processing agent and the frame buffer controller, and the second connection transports the events between the protocol processing agent and the protocol terminator system.

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Fredensborg, Denmark

Andreas Magnussen