Packet transfer apparatus with multiple general-purpose processors
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1. A packet transfer apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of general-purpose processors; and
a network processor adapted to forward packets belonging to the same session to the same one of said plurality of general-purpose processors.
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A packet transfer apparatus with multiple general-purpose processors for an improved session control technique. The packet transfer apparatus is composed of a plurality of general-purpose processors, and a network processor adapted to forward packets belonging to the same session to the same one of said plurality of general-purpose processors.
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19 Claims
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1. A packet transfer apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of general-purpose processors; and
a network processor adapted to forward packets belonging to the same session to the same one of said plurality of general-purpose processors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A packet transfer apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of general-purpose processors; and
a plurality of network processors, each including a session management table containing session management entries, each of which contains an entry ID associated with a session, and a device ID identifying destined one of said general-purpose processors to which packets belonging to said associated session are to be forwarded, wherein each of said network processor is programmed;
to, when receiving an incoming packet that requires processing by arbitrary one of said general-purpose processors, determine an entry ID using a hash function with source and destination IP addresses, and source and destination port numbers of said incoming packet used as arguments, and to, when said session management entries include no validated session management entry containing said determined entry ID, prepare another validated session management entry containing said determined entry ID, and a device ID identifying destined general-purpose processor selected out of said general-purpose processors, and to forward said incoming packet to said destined general-purpose processor, to, when said session management entries include a validated session management entry containing said determined entry ID, forward said incoming packet to said destined general-purpose processor identified by said device ID contained in said validated session management entry, To calculate a session ID using said hash function with said source and destination IP addresses, and said source and destination port numbers of said incoming packet used as arguments, to determine said entry ID to include said session ID and a destination device ID identifying destined one of said network processors, through which said incoming packet is transmitted from said packet transfer apparatus to an external node, to, when receiving an outgoing packet from originating one of said general-purpose processors, calculate another session ID using said hash function with source and destination IP addresses, and source and destination port numbers of said outgoing packet used as arguments, to determine another entry ID to include said anther session ID and an incoming device ID identifying an incoming network processor out of said network processors, said incoming network processor receiving said outgoing packet from an external node, and to update said device ID within one of said session management entry associated with said entry ID to a device ID identifying said originating one of said general-purpose processors. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product for a network processor within a packet transfer apparatus including a plurality of general-purpose processors, comprising:
a set of code modules adapted to forward packets belonging to the same session to the same one of said plurality of general-purpose processors. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A computer program product for a packet transfer apparatus including a plurality of general-purpose processors and a plurality of network processors, which is to be installed into each of network processors, comprising:
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a session management table containing session management entries, each of which contains an entry ID associated with a session, and a device ID identifying destined one of said general-purpose processors to which packets belonging to said associated session are to be forwarded, a code module adapted to, when receiving an incoming packet that requires processing by arbitrary one of said general-purpose processors, to determine an entry ID using a hash function with source and destination IP addresses, and source and destination port numbers of said incoming packet used as arguments, a code module adapted to, when said session management entries include no validated session management entry containing said determined entry ID, prepare another validated session management entry containing said determined entry ID, and a device ID identifying destined general-purpose processor selected out of said general-purpose processors, and to forward said incoming packet to said destined general-purpose processor, and a code module adapted to, when said session management entries include a validated session management entry containing said determined entry ID, forward said incoming packet to said destined general-purpose processor identified by said device ID contained in said validated session management entry.
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