Network controller with VLAN device drivers for interfacing with VLANS
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Oct 2, 2003
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Mar 29, 2002
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Mar 29, 2002
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A method and system is provided for using a hardware switch fabric with software configured for a software switch. The method and system provides the speed of a hardware switch fabric with the flexibility and ease of use of standard software switches. In one embodiment of the present invention a network controller is configured to interface with one or more VLANs. the network controller includes a microprocessor, a peripheral bus, a memory system, and a hardware switch fabric coupled to the peripheral bus. The network interfaces are coupled to the hardware switch fabric and are configured to communicate with devices in the VLANs. The memory system includes network software and VLAN device drivers. The network software uses the VLAN device drivers to communicate with the VLANs.
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