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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2000
Claude Basso, Raleigh, NC (US);
Anthony Matteo Gallo, Apex, NC (US);
Marco C. Heddes, Raleigh, NC (US);
Seeta Hariharan, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sridhar Rao, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sonia Kiang Rovner, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for controlling overall behavior of a network processor device implemented in a network processing environment servicing a communications network. The method includes steps of receiving a guided control frame including one or more control functions for configuring various functional devices within the network processor with device control parameter data; a step of forwarding one or more control functions from a received control frame to a functional device within the network processor to be configured; and, executing the control functions as specified in the control frame. A novel control frame data structure and communications infrastructure is implemented whereby any network processor device operating in a distributed network processing environment may be controlled in accordance with executed control functions and device control parameter data.