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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2007
Bruce E. Lavigne, Roseville, CA (US);
Mark Gooch, Roseville, CA (US);
Alan R. Albrecht, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Paul T. Congdon, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Bruce E. LaVigne, Roseville, CA (US);
Mark Gooch, Roseville, CA (US);
Alan R. Albrecht, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Paul T. Congdon, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Network devices, systems, and methods are provided for packet processing. One network device includes a network chip including logic and a number of network ports for the device for receiving and transmitting packets therefrom. The logic is operable to group a number of ports into a membership group based on a criteria, and define a filter index in association with a network packet to indicate the membership group.