Patent ID: 11962490
Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for classifying data traffic comprising:
receiving a plurality of packets at an ingress port of a network device in a switch fabric;
for a respective packet of the plurality of packets, selecting a traffic class from a group of traffic classes, wherein a respective traffic class corresponds to a combination of a plurality of application-specific data forwarding characteristics in the switch fabric;
generating a flag indicating the traffic class for the packet in the switch fabric;
encapsulating the packet with a fabric-specific encapsulation header comprising the flag;
selecting a path within the switch fabric for forwarding the packet based on the flag and a destination indicated in the encapsulation header; and
forwarding the encapsulated packet via the selected path within the switch fabric.