Patent ID: 7325239
Filing Date: 2008-01-29
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for managing tables that are used by network processors to control network traffic through a network, the system comprising: a first network processor including a first table management software application dedicated to managing only tables associated with the first network processor, the tables associated with the first network processor being used by the first network processor to control network traffic through the network; a second network processor including a second table management software application dedicated to managing only tables associated with the second network processor, the tables associated with the second network processor being used by the second network processor to control network traffic through the network; and a host processor including a table management control application configured to respectively manage the tables associated with the first network processor and the tables associated with the second network processor through the first table management software application and the second table management software application, the table management control application being in communication with both the first table management software application and the second table management software application through a plurality of generic application programming interfaces (APIs), the plurality of generic application programming interfaces (APIs) including,