INTEGRATED SWITCH FOR DYNAMIC ORCHESTRATION OF TRAFFIC

摘要

A network element within a data center comprises a switch adapted to receive a data packet, a server in communication with the switch, and a switching engine in the switch. The switching engine may be configured to modify policy header information in the data packet to direct the packet to the server. The server may be configured to modify the policy header information while the data packet is in the server to return the data packet to said switch.