Patent ID: 7292567
Filing Date: 2007-11-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a router for routing frames in a network, the method comprising: a step for receiving routing information at a managing processor of the router, the routing information comprising a plurality of tuples, each tuple comprising indicia of a virtual entity and indicia of a nonvirtual entity; a step for preparing at the managing processor a routing table in accordance with the routing information; a step for providing the routing table to a supervising processor of the router for storage in a memory circuit of the router, the supervising processor coupled for data transfer between the managing processor and the memory circuit, the memory circuit being accessible by a plurality of routing processors of the router coupled by a fabric of the router for routing frames to another routing processor of the plurality via the fabric; a step for receiving at a routing processor of the plurality a frame of a virtual transaction; a step for accessing a tuple of the routing table at the routing processor; a step for redirecting the frame to a nonvirtual entity in accordance with the accessed tuple of the routing table; and a step for routing the redirected frame.