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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2011
Nir Haim Arad, Nesher, IL;
Noam Bloch, Bat Shlomo, IL;
Ariel Shahar, Jerusalem, IL;
Hillel Chapman, Ein HaEmek, IL;
Amir Wated, Jatt Hamesholash, IL;
Nir Haim Arad, Nesher, IL;
Noam Bloch, Bat Shlomo, IL;
Ariel Shahar, Jerusalem, IL;
Hillel Chapman, Ein HaEmek, IL;
Amir Wated, Jatt Hamesholash, IL;
MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES LTD., Yokneam, IL;
Abstract
A method for steering packets, including receiving a packet and determining parameters to be used in steering the packet to a specific destination, in one or more initial steering stages, based on one or more packet specific attributes. The method further includes determining an identity of the specific destination of the packet in one or more subsequent steering stages, governed by the parameters determined in the one or more initial stages and one or more packet specific attributes, and forwarding the packet to the determined specific destination.