Patent ID: 9680720
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G11C,H04L

Claim:
1. An apparatus for processing Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) data units in a network device that includes an ingress interface from which an OAM data unit is received, the apparatus comprising: a memory to store OAM action data including a plurality of entries that indicate how OAM data units in a plurality of respective flows of communication traffic received by the network device are to be processed by the network device, wherein multiple entries among the plurality of entries include respective indices to at least one table stored in the memory; and one or more integrated circuit devices configured to: process the OAM data unit in accordance with the first entry, including: when the first entry indicates that the network device should modify the data unit as part of the OAM action, modify the OAM data unit in accordance with the second entry from the first table.