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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2000
Danny Kwok, Los Altos, CA (US);
Gurumukh S. Tiwana, Cupertino, CA (US);
James A. Aviani, Jr., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Martin Cieslak, Fremont, CA (US);
Martin A. Kagan, Burlingame, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are described for controlling packet flow to a cache system is disclosed. A packet flow intended for a first destination is received into the cache system. When the packet flow indicates the start of the packet flow or when the packet flow is identified as being owned by the cache system, the packet flow is processed within the cache system. When the packet flow does not indicate the start of the packet flow and the packet flow is not identified as being owned by the cache system, the packet flow is directed back to the first destination.