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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Karthikeyan Ramachandran, Bangalore, IN;
Sragdhara Datta Chaudhuri, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/14 (2013.01); H04L 67/1006 (2013.01); H04L 67/1023 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example method for optimizing application performance in a network environment is provided and includes retrieving an L7 session identifier (ID) from a packet, generating a hash from at least the L7 session ID, and inserting the hash into a header of the packet. The L7 session ID identifies a particular application layer session between a client and a server in a network environment. The server includes a plurality of processors configured to process the packet, and the hash indicates a specific processor in the plurality of processors.