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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2005
Bruce E. Lavigne, Roseville, CA (US);
John A. Wickeraad, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Lewis S. Kootstra, Roseville, CA (US);
Jonathan M. Watts, Folsom, CA (US);
Bruce E. LaVigne, Roseville, CA (US);
John A. Wickeraad, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Lewis S. Kootstra, Roseville, CA (US);
Jonathan M. Watts, Folsom, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and devices are provided for moving packets on a network device. One method includes receiving packets to a number of network chips, the number of network chips having a conduit port which can be selectively chosen to exchange packets with a processor responsible for processing packets. The method includes adding data for additional functionality to certain packets. Adding data includes encapsulating the certain packets to maintain an appearance of a certain packet format.