Abstract:
A method implemented in an integrated edge node for performing routing functions and network appliance services at the edge of a network, the method comprising disassociating a first network feature from a port, creating a plurality of first internal virtual ports, associating the plurality of first internal virtual ports to a first network appliance service component and a core unit component, mapping the plurality first internal virtual ports to each other and to a plurality of ports, constructing an internal path comprising at least one port, a subset of the plurality of internal virtual ports, the network appliance service component, and the core unit component, and associating the first network feature to the internal path.
Abstract:
A method for parallel processing implemented by a first core in a network unit, comprising locking an ingress queue if the ingress queue is not locked by another core, searching for an unlocked task queue from a first default subset of a plurality of task queues when the ingress queue is locked by another core, wherein the first subset is different from a second default subset of the plurality of task queues from which a second core begins a search for an unlocked task queue, and searching a remainder of the plurality of task queues for an unlocked task queue when all of the first default subset of task queues are locked and the ingress queue is locked.
Abstract:
A method implemented in an integrated edge node for performing routing functions and network appliance services at the edge of a network, the method comprising disassociating a first network feature from a port, creating a plurality of first internal virtual ports, associating the plurality of first internal virtual ports to a first network appliance service component and a core unit component, mapping the plurality first internal virtual ports to each other and to a plurality of ports, constructing an internal path comprising at least one port, a subset of the plurality of internal virtual ports, the network appliance service component, and the core unit component, and associating the first network feature to the internal path.
Abstract:
A method for parallel processing implemented by a first core in a network unit, comprising locking an ingress queue if the ingress queue is not locked by another core, searching for an unlocked task queue from a first default subset of a plurality of task queues when the ingress queue is locked by another core, wherein the first subset is different from a second default subset of the plurality of task queues from which a second core begins a search for an unlocked task queue, and searching a remainder of the plurality of task queues for an unlocked task queue when all of the first default subset of task queues are locked and the ingress queue is locked.
Abstract:
A method for parallel processing implemented by a first core in a network unit, comprising locking an ingress queue if the ingress queue is not locked by another core, searching for an unlocked task queue from a first default subset of a plurality of task queues when the ingress queue is locked by another core, wherein the first subset is different from a second default subset of the plurality of task queues from which a second core begins a search for an unlocked task queue, and searching a remainder of the plurality of task queues for an unlocked task queue when all of the first default subset of task queues are locked and the ingress queue is locked.