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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2007
Steven G. Jorgensen, Newcastle, CA (US);
Alan R. Albrecht, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Bruce E. Lavigne, Roseville, CA (US);
Mark Gooch, Roseville, CA (US);
Steven G. Jorgensen, Newcastle, CA (US);
Alan R. Albrecht, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Bruce E. LaVigne, Roseville, CA (US);
Mark Gooch, Roseville, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A network, network devices, and methods are described for packet processing. A method includes using logic on a first network device to select a checking functionality based on a number of criteria. The method uses logic on the first network device to select the checking functionality from a list of checking functionalities. The checking functionality is selected for processing packets identified by the first network device. The method also includes using logic on the first network device to configure a tunnel initiation to tunnel packets to a second network device that is associated with the selected checking functionality. The second network device has a destination address different from an original destination address of identified packets.