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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2003
Claude Basso, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sridhar Rao, Raleigh, NC (US);
Colin Beaton Verrilli, Apex, NC (US);
Claude Basso, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sridhar Rao, Raleigh, NC (US);
Colin Beaton Verrilli, Apex, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for providing network processor management that efficiently operates in homogenous and heterogonous environments are provided. The system includes a controlled entity having a switched architecture including a first set of processing resources and a second set of processing resources distinct from the first set of processing resources, and a controller for issuing a control request packet to the first set of processing resources, the control request packet including a first set of control actions and a second set of control actions, wherein the controlled entity processes the first set of control actions using the first set of processing resources and transfers the second set of control actions to the second set of processing resources.