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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2011
Uri Safrai, Haifa, IL;
Tsahi Daniel, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Uri Safrai, Haifa, IL;
Tsahi Daniel, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Marvell Israel (M.I.S.L.) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Abstract
A centralized packet processor device for use in a communication system includes a plurality of physical ports to couple the centralized packet processor device to a plurality of network devices, a port manager coupled to the plurality of physical ports and configured to assign to a packet received at the centralized packet processor device a virtual port that uniquely identifies at least one of a physical port and a trunk of the network device from which the packet is received and that is used with the centralized packet processor to process the packet, and a packet processor unit coupled to the plurality of physical ports, where the packet processor is configured to process the packet using the assigned virtual port.