METHOD OF DYNAMICALLY RENUMBERING PORTS AND AN APPARATUS THEREOF

摘要

Embodiments of the apparatus of dynamically renumbering ports relate to a network chip that minimizes the total logic on the network chip by limiting the number of states that needs to be preserved for all ports on the network chip. Each pipe on the network chip implements a dynamic port renumbering scheme that dynamically assigns a relative port number for each port assigned to that pipe. The dynamic port renumbering scheme allows for internal parallelism without increasing the total amount of state space required for the ports on the network chip.

主权项

1. A method of a network chip including N ports and P pipes, the method comprising:
receiving traffic; and utilizing a dynamic port renumbering scheme by each of the P pipes to renumber each of the N ports associated with that pipe such that hardware implemented on the network chip to preserve state information for the N ports is limited.