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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2024
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Padmanabhan Narayanan, Chennai, IN;
Kumarapuram Parameswaran Balasubramanian, Chennai, IN;
Chitra Raghavan, Chennai, IN;
Parameswaran Krishnamurthy, Chennai, IN;
Gunasekaran Tamilarasan, Chennai, IN;
Anbalagan Natchimuthu, Chennai, IN;
Arul Jeniston Maria Cheladurai, Chennai, IN;
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for processing packets, the method comprising receiving a packet by a data processing unit (DPU) operatively connected to a physical host, in response to receiving the packet, processing packet using a hardware switch pipeline in the DPU, wherein the processing the packet comprises using a plurality of match/action tables to identify an exact match flow entry for the packet, wherein the plurality of match/action tables do not contain any match flow entries that are not exact match flow entries, and initiating transmission of the packet towards its intended destination using the exact match flow entry.