Virtual network device architecture
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Aug 9, 2016
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Sep 15, 2011
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Mar 12, 2010
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Mar 12, 2010
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Abstract
A network device such as a router or a switch is comprised of a control module and a plurality of physical line cards. The control module includes a control processor virtual machine, a plurality of route processing virtual machines and one or more instances of a line card virtual machine. The line card virtual machine operates to receive routing information base update information, to modify the routing information base according to the update information and to update each instance of a plurality of forwarding information bases included on each of the physical line cards.
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