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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2003
Mark Albert, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Richard A. Howes, Roswell, GA (US);
James A. Jordan, Roswell, GA (US);
Edward A. Kersey, Alpharetta, 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);
Mark Albert, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Richard A. Howes, Roswell, GA (US);
James A. Jordan, Roswell, GA (US);
Edward A. Kersey, Alpharetta, 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 providing instructions for forwarding packets. The method includes broadcasting a general instruction specifying a plurality of flows to a plurality of forwarding agents and receiving at a service manager a first message responsive to the general instruction indicating that a packet for a specific flow has been received by a specific forwarding agent. A specific instruction is generated at the service manager for handling the specific flow and the specific instruction for handling the specific flow is sent to the specific forwarding agent.