Patent ID: 8260918
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing a service provider with a service processing switch including a plurality of blades each having a plurality of processor elements; partitioning a plurality of virtual routers (VRs) of the service processing switch between a first subscriber and a second subscriber of the service provider by associating a first set of processor element identifiers (PEIDs) with a first set of processor elements of the plurality of processor elements supporting a first set of VRs of the plurality of VRs partitioned to the first subscriber and a second set of PEIDs with a second set of processor elements of the plurality of processor elements supporting a second set of VRs of the plurality of VRs partitioned to the second subscriber, wherein PEIDs are assigned to each of the plurality of processor elements based on a combination of a blade ID of a blade of the plurality of blades with which the processor element is associated and a processor element number of the processor element; configuring the first set of VRs to provide a first set of managed network-based security services on behalf of the first subscriber by creating within the first set of VRs a first object group including a first subset of objects selected to be supportive of the first set of managed network-based security services; configuring the second set of VRs to provide a second set of managed network-based security services on behalf of the second subscriber by creating within the second set of VRs a second object group including a second subset of objects selected to be supportive of the second set of managed network-based security services; the service processing switch providing appropriate managed network-based security services for the first subscriber and the second subscriber by