A method according to one embodiment may include receiving one or more packets from at least one external device and storing one or more packets in at least one queue in memory, the memory includes a plurality of queues and a plurality of queue descriptors having pointer information to point to a queue. The method may also include grouping a plurality of queues to form a group of queues; generating a group tag that associates the group of queues; storing said group tag in a register in a content addressable memory (CAM); and mapping the queue descriptors for each queue in the group of queues into a queue array, the group tag may point to more than one of the queue descriptors in the queue array. Of course, many alternatives, variations, and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment.