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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 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), making a first determination that there is no exact match flow entry in a hardware switch pipeline in the DPU for the packet, in response to the first determination, classifying, in the DPU, the packet as a data packet, in response to the classifying of the packet: identifying, using a software data plane in the DPU, a forwarding information base (FIB) entry to be used to transmit the packet towards its intended destination, identifying, using the software data plane, a flow associated with the packet, initiating, using the software data plane, programming of an exact match flow entry in the hardware switch pipeline, and initiating, using the software data plane, transmission of the packet towards its intended destination using the FIB entry and the hardware switch pipeline.