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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
May. 18, 2009
Matthew T. Belanger, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Gary R. Shippy, Cary, NC (US);
Matthew T. Belanger, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Gary R. Shippy, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, JP;
Abstract
Steering data communications packets among multiple service applications in a link-level data communications switching apparatus that includes a link-level data communications switch and data communications ports coupling the switching apparatus to networks organized into pairs of networks, and ports connected to service applications, the switching apparatus further including rules governing the steering of data communications among service applications and networks, at least one rule that includes a network code that identifies a network pair and a direction of travel between the networks, including receiving data communications packets directed to a destination network, each packet containing a source network address, and steering by the switching apparatus each packet, the steering carried out only in accordance with the rules, using neither the source network address of the packet, the destination network address of the packet, nor the link-level identifier of any service application.