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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2008
Everett A. Corl, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Gordon T. Davis, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Marco C. Heddes, Shelton, CT (US);
Piyush C. Patel, Cary, NC (US);
Ravinder K. Sabhikhi, Cary, NC (US);
Everett A. Corl, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Gordon T. Davis, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Marco C. Heddes, Shelton, CT (US);
Piyush C. Patel, Cary, NC (US);
Ravinder K. Sabhikhi, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a system for managing a plurality of multi-field classification rules. The system provides a first table that includes a plurality of entries corresponding to a plurality of rules relating to an ingress context and a second table that includes a plurality of entries corresponding to a plurality of rules relating to an egress context. The system also includes a network processor for classifying packets of information, wherein the network processor is programmed to utilize the first table and the second table to identify any rules relating to the ingress context and any one rules relating to the egress context that match a search key.