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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2003
Dileep Kumar Devireddy, San Jose, CA (US);
Faisal Mushtaq, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Shreeram Bhide, San Jose, CA (US);
Herman Levenson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Dileep Kumar Devireddy, San Jose, CA (US);
Faisal Mushtaq, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Shreeram Bhide, San Jose, CA (US);
Herman Levenson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus to apply aggregate ACL/QoS features using a redirect cause is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a control processor configured to support a plurality of virtual interfaces is provided, wherein each of the plurality of virtual interfaces is associated with a quality of service level. According to another embodiment, each quality of service level is associated with a processing bandwidth of the control processor. According to yet another embodiment, a control processor interface is provided coupled to the control processor which is configured to select a virtual interface of the plurality of virtual interfaces using data of a received data unit, and to transfer the received data unit to the selected virtual interface.