Conduit port for network chips
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1. A network device, comprising:
- a number of network chips coupled to one another through a high speed interconnect on the device;
a number of processors; and
an independent multiplexor and buffer pair associated with each of the number of processors respectively;
wherein the number of processors are responsible for processing packets, received to any network chip on the device, wherein each of the number of network chips has a number of external ports and additionally a designated conduit port to exchange packets with the number of processors, and wherein each processor includes a single conduit port to exchange packets with the number of network chips through the respective independent multiplexor and buffer pair;
wherein a respective multiplexor of the pair is configured for selecting the designated conduit port on one of the number of network chips to exchange packets with a respective processor; and
wherein each respective buffer of the pair is configured to broadcast an output from the single conduit port on the respective processor to an input side of each of the conduit ports on the number of network chips.
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Abstract
Network devices and methods are provided for device monitoring. One embodiment includes a network device having a processor, a high speed interconnect and a number of network chips. The number of network chips are coupled to one another through the high speed interconnect. The number of network chips have a conduit port which can be selectively chosen to exchange packets, received to any network chip, with the processor.
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1. A network device, comprising:
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a number of network chips coupled to one another through a high speed interconnect on the device; a number of processors; and an independent multiplexor and buffer pair associated with each of the number of processors respectively; wherein the number of processors are responsible for processing packets, received to any network chip on the device, wherein each of the number of network chips has a number of external ports and additionally a designated conduit port to exchange packets with the number of processors, and wherein each processor includes a single conduit port to exchange packets with the number of network chips through the respective independent multiplexor and buffer pair; wherein a respective multiplexor of the pair is configured for selecting the designated conduit port on one of the number of network chips to exchange packets with a respective processor; and wherein each respective buffer of the pair is configured to broadcast an output from the single conduit port on the respective processor to an input side of each of the conduit ports on the number of network chips. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for moving packets on a network device, comprising:
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using a number of network chips coupled to one another through a high speed interconnect of the device, the number of network chips each having a number of external ports, and additionally a designated conduit port to exchange packets received to the number of external ports, with a number of processors; processing packets received to any network chip on the device with at least one of the number of processors; exchanging packets with the number of network chips via a single conduit port on each of the number of processors and through an independent multiplexor and butler pair associated with each of the number of processors respectively; selecting the designated conduit port on one of the number of network chips with a respective multiplexor of the pair to exchange packets with a respective processor; and broadcasting an output from the single conduit port on the respective processor to an input side of each of the conduit ports on the number of network chips with the respective buffer of the pair. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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