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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2013
Hillstone Networks, Corp., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dongyi Jiang, San Jose, CA (US);
Jin Shang, Saratoga, CA (US);
David Yu, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Lin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jun Xie, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ye Zhang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mike Ji, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hillstone Networks, Corp., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method performed by a network system having a plurality of processing units implemented using a plurality of respective virtual machines, includes: receiving a first packet at a first virtual machine of the plurality of virtual machines, wherein the first virtual machine is configured to receive the first packet from a network through an interface and has session processing capability; calculating a first value using a mathematical algorithm based on one or more information regarding the first packet; and using the calculated first value to identify a second virtual machine of the plurality of virtual machines in the network system.