The invention is embodied in a gigabit Ethernet adapter. A system according to the invention
provides a compact hardware solution to handling high network communication speeds. In …

A method of operating a system including a host and intelligent network interface circuitry
extends a passive open operation to accomplish full offload of a stateful connection between …

A method and apparatus aggregate a plurality of input data streams from first processors into
one data stream for a second processor, the circuit and the first and second processors …

Provided are methods and systems for graceful scaling of data networks. In one example, an
indication of removal of a node from a plurality of nodes of the data network is received. A …

US9338225B2 - Forwarding policies on a virtual service network - Google Patents
US9338225B2 - Forwarding policies on a virtual service network - Google Patents Forwarding …

A method and apparatus for filtering a packet on a connection within a computing system. In
one embodiment, the method includes: receiving the packet; delegating the packet to an …

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Techniques for provisioning single or multistage networks using Ethernet Service Instances
(ESIs). In one embodiment, an ESI is a logical entity or object that stores information that …

Abstract Application Delivery Controller (ADC), Global Server Load Balancer (GSLB), and
methods for their operation in data networks are disclosed. The methods for load balancing …

Disclosed is a technique for facilitating software upgrade for a Switching system comprising
a first management processor and a second management processor and a set of one or …