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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
May. 21, 2005
Mauricio Arregoces, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Maurizio Portolani, Milpitas, CA (US);
Mauricio Arregoces, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Maurizio Portolani, Milpitas, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An architecture, arrangement, system, and method for providing service access in a data center are disclosed. In one embodiment, an arrangement can include: an aggregation switch configured to transfer data between a network and an access layer; and service modules coupled to the aggregation switch, where each service module is configured to provide a service for the data when selected. The service modules can include: firewall, load balancer, secure sockets layer (SSL) offloader, intrusion detection system (IDS), and cache, for example. Further, the service selection can be substantially transparent to an associated server.