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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2012
Samar Sharma, San Jose, CA (US);
Chao Feng, San Jose, CA (US);
Venkataraman R. Natham, Fremont, CA (US);
Samar Sharma, San Jose, CA (US);
Chao Feng, San Jose, CA (US);
Venkataraman R. Natham, Fremont, CA (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An example method is provided and includes configuring a service appliance to offload network control plane and network data plane operations to a switch; establishing a communication channel between the service appliance and the switch; and communicating control messages between the service appliance and the switch over the communication channel. In more particular embodiment, the method can include communicating data messages between the service appliance and the switch over the communication channel.