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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2016
Big Switch Networks, Inc, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sandip Shah, Milpitas, CA (US);
Big Switch Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods to optimize processing of service in-line chain traffic are described. The system generates a program comprised of a first plurality of instructions, the first plurality of instructions being utilized to process traffic information that is being received from a first network and communicated to a second network. The traffic information including a plurality of flows of traffic information that is associated with a plurality of in-line services that is associated with a plurality of in-line service systems that are logically interposed between the first network and the second network with a ternary content-addressable memory (TCAM) that executes the plurality of instructions to forward the plurality of flows of traffic information. Next the system executes the first plurality of instructions with the TCAM.