Cisco Technology, Inc.

Prabhakara R Yellai

Samir D Thoria

John H W Bettink

Pradosh Mohapatra

Akash Renukadas Deshpande

Michael E Lipman

Kannan Devarajan

Rajagopalan M Ammanur

In one embodiment, a packet switching device creates multiple virtual packet switching devices within the same physical packet switching device using virtual machines and sharing particular physical resources of the packet switching device. One embodiment uses this functionality to change the operating version (e.g., upgrade or downgrade) of the packet switching device by originally operating according to a first operating version, operating according to both a first and second operating version, and then ceasing operating according to the first operating version. Using such a technique, a packet switching device can be upgraded or downgraded while fully operating (e.g., without having to reboot line cards and route processing engines).

Virtual machines in a packet switching device

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Bengaluru, India

Prabhakara R Yellai