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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2016
Barefoot Networks, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Chaitanya Kodeboyina, Los Altos, CA (US);
Ramkumar Krishnamoorthy, Cupertino, CA (US);
Barefoot Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a novel method for simultaneously generating (i) configuration data for configuring a forwarding element (FE) and (ii) application programming interfaces (APIs) for programming the configured FE (e.g., at run time). The method of some embodiments receives a description of the FE's data plane that specifies the packet processing logic of the FE and generates the configuration data based on the received description. The configuration data in some embodiments specifies which protocols (e.g., L2 protocols, L3 protocols, etc.) the FE supports and how the FE performs a set of functionalities to forward network traffic data for the supported protocols. The method of some embodiments also generates a set of APIs based on the received description of the data plane. The APIs can then be used by a run time application (e.g., a control plane software) to program the configured FE at a later time (e.g., at run time).