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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1999
Mark Albert, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Richard A. Howes, Roswell, GA (US);
James A. Jordan, Roswell, GA (US);
Edward A. Kersey, Alpharetta, GA (US);
William M. LeBlanc, Athens, GA (US);
Louis F. Menditto, Raleigh, NC (US);
Chris O'Rourke, Morrisville, NC (US);
Pranav Kumar Tiwari, Raleigh, NC (US);
Tzu-Ming Tsang, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are described for partitioning a network service among a plurality of service managers. The method includes configuring a first service manager to send a first request to a forwarding agent for packets meeting a first criteria and sending the first request to the forwarding agent. A second service manager is configured to send requests to the forwarding agent for packets meeting a second criteria and the second request is sent to the forwarding agent. Packets are checked at the forwarding agent to determine whether the packets meet the first criteria or the second criteria and packets that meet the first criteria are received at the first service manager; and packets that meet the second criteria are received at the second service manager.