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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2011
Uri Safrai, Haifa, IL;
Uri Safrai, Haifa, IL;
MARVELL ISRAEL (M.I.S.L) LTD., Yokneam, IL;
Abstract
A method for processing packets in a centralized packet processor includes configuring the centralized packet processor to operate as a part of a communication system that includes a plurality of component systems configured to operate as components of the communication system, where each of the plurality of component systems includes a respective set of physical interfaces to provide interfaces to ports associated with other devices on a network, and where each of the plurality of component systems is configured to forward selected packets to an external device via a dedicated physical interface, receiving the selected packets via a plurality of physical ports of the centralized packet processor, generating, for use at the centralized packet processor, a plurality of virtual ports to uniquely identify a plurality of physical interfaces of the component systems, where a quantity of the plurality of virtual ports is larger than a quantity of physical interfaces available at the centralized packet processor, and performing a processing operation on the selected packets at the centralized packet processor using the plurality of virtual ports.