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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2017
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Cynthia A. Gabriel, Gilroy, CA (US);
Bill Shao, Pleasonton, CA (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 12/725 (2013.01); H04L 12/947 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/74 (2013.01); H04L 45/308 (2013.01); H04L 49/25 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A network element within a data center comprises a switch adapted to receive a data packet, a server in communication with the switch, and a switching engine in the switch. The switching engine may be configured to modify policy header information in the data packet to direct the packet to the server. The server may be configured to modify the policy header information while the data packet is in the server to return the data packet to said switch.