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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2008
Fahd B. Pirzada, Austin, TX (US);
Robert L. Winter, Leander, TX (US);
Fahd B. Pirzada, Austin, TX (US);
Robert L. Winter, Leander, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for determining the offload type for the processing of the protocol of a network connection is disclosed. An offload policy manager in a server node determines the offload type on the basis of a number of factors, including the application type of the network connection, the traffic priority of the network connection, and the port of the network connection. After the offload policy manager selects the offload type of the network connection, the offload policy manager identifies the offload type to the offload engine, which processes the protocol of the network connection according to the offload type selected by the offload policy manager. The offload policy manager is able to access a number of application-specific tables. The offload policy manager selects an offload type by cross-referencing on an application-specific table the traffic priority of the network connection against the port of the network connection.