Highly scalable architecture for application network appliances

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7921686
APP PUB NO 20090063665A1
SERIAL NO

12101850

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A highly scalable application network appliance is described herein. According to one embodiment, a network element includes a switch fabric, a first service module coupled to the switch fabric, and a second service module coupled to the first service module over the switch fabric. In response to packets of a network transaction received from a client over a first network to access a server of a data center having multiple servers over a second network, the first service module is configured to perform a first portion of OSI (open system interconnection) compatible layers of network processes on the packets while the second service module is configured to perform a second portion of the OSI compatible layers of network processes on the packets. The first portion includes at least one OSI compatible layer that is not included in the second portion. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.

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CISCO TECHNOLOGY INC170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE SAN JOSE CA 95134-1706

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bagepalli, Nagaraj San Jose, US 35 2832
Gandhi, Prashant San Jose, US 43 1826
Patra, Abhijit San Jose, US 67 5948
Prabhu, Kirti San Jose, US 13 1182
Thakar, Anant Cupertino, US 31 1211

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