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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2018
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Simon Francis Capper, San Jose, CA (US);
Sebastiano Borgione, Saratoga, CA (US);
Navdeep Bhatia, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus of a network element that processes data by a network element with a data processing pipeline is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the network element prepares a new image for the data processing pipeline of the network element, where the data processing pipeline processes network data received by the network element and the new image modifies one or more functionalities of the data processing pipeline. In addition, the network element puts the data processing pipeline into a non-forwarding mode. Furthermore, the network element writes the new image into memory of the data processing pipeline. The network element additionally puts the data processing pipeline into a forwarding mode, where the data processing pipeline processes network data received by the network element using the new image.