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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2012
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mark Hummel, Franklin, MA (US);
David E. Mayhew, Northborough, MA (US);
Michael J. Osborn, Hollis, NH (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Described are a system and method for managing a data exchange in a network environment. A flowtag is assigned to a data packet at a source device. The flowtag includes a port identification corresponding to a port at an aggregation device. A destination device is in communication with the port at the aggregation device. The data packet is authenticated at the aggregation device. The data packet is output from the source device to the destination device via the aggregation device according to the port identification in the flowtag of the authenticated data packet.