| 摘要 |
<p>A data packet switching and server load balancing device is provided by a general-purpose multiprocessor computer system (10). The general-purpose multiprocessor computer system (10) comprises a plurality of symmetrical processors (24o ... 24n) coupled together by a common data bus (12), a main memory (14) shared by the processors (24o ... 24n), and a plurality of network interfaces (17i ... 17m) each adapted to be coupled to respective external networks for receiving and sending data packets via a particular communication protocol, such as Transmission Control/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). A first one of the processors (24o ... 24n) is adaptive to serve as a control processor and remaining ones of the processors (24o ... 24n) are adapted to serve as data packet switching processors.</p> |
