摘要 |
The invention provides a proxy driver in the control plane of a router or switch providing a centralized Application Program Interface (API) between a switching application and multiple device drivers in the router chassis. Another embodiment of the invention provides a centralized method for enforcing a topology in the control plane of a router. Another embodiment of the invention provides a centralized method in the control plane for the discovery of resources, for example, as cards are added or removed from the router chassis.
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