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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2000
Cedell Adam Alexander, Jr., Durham, NC (US);
Loren Douglas Larsen, Beaverton, OR (US);
Cedell Adam Alexander, Jr., Durham, NC (US);
Loren Douglas Larsen, Beaverton, OR (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method to provide a portable networking interface for distributed switching systems. Two Application Program Interfaces (APIs) are defined for communication to a Forwarding Database Distribution Library (FDDL). The FDDL sits between network client applications and the switch device driver in order to provide a uniform interface to the switch device driver. Towers may be added to the FDDL to provide additional functionality specific to certain client applications.
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