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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2012
Marvell Israel (M.i.s.l) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Uri Safrai, Haifa, IL;
Gil Levy, Hod Hasharon, IL;
MARVELL ISRAEL (M.I.S.L.) LTD., Yokneam, IL;
Abstract
In a method of processing a packet in a network device, a packet is received at an ingress port of the network device. A metadata set for the packet is generated. The metadata set includes data generated by the network device for the packet. The metadata set is stored in a memory of the network device. A subset of data included in the stored metadata set is used to generated a key corresponding to the packet. The subset of data does not include all of the data included in the stored metadata set. A processing action for the packet is determined based on the key and the packet is processed by the network device using the processing action.