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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2005
Nafea Bishara, San Jose, CA (US);
Tsahi Daniel, Tel-Aviv, IL;
David Melman, D.N. Bikat Beit Hakerem, IL;
Nir Arad, Nesher, IL;
Nafea Bishara, San Jose, CA (US);
Tsahi Daniel, Tel-Aviv, IL;
David Melman, D.N. Bikat Beit Hakerem, IL;
Nir Arad, Nesher, IL;
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Marvell Israel (M.I.S.L.) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Abstract
An apparatus having a corresponding method and computer program comprises a processor; a plurality of ports to transmit and receive packets of data, the plurality of ports comprising a processor port in communication with the processor, the packets comprising broadcast packets and multicast packets; a memory to store a table that associates the processor port with one or more Internet protocol (IP) addresses; and a forwarding engine to transfer the packets between the ports, to transfer each of the broadcast packets to the processor port only when the table associates a target IP address of the broadcast packet with the processor port, and to transfer each of the multicast packets to the processor port only when the table associates a target IP address of the multicast packet with the processor port.