US Patent:
20050080761, Apr 14, 2005
Inventors:
Kumar Sundararajan - Fremont CA, US
Upendra Mardikar - San Jose CA, US
Richard Moeller - San Jose CA, US
Soummya Mallick - Fremont CA, US
Rainer Enders - Walnut Creek CA, US
Sanjay Sawhney - Cupertino CA, US
Assignee:
NeoScale Systems - Milpitas CA
International Classification:
G06F007/00
Abstract:
An apparatus for security applications, e.g., encryption. The apparatus has an interface (e.g., MAC) coupled to a fiber channel. The interface is adapted to receive a frame from the fiber channel. The apparatus also has a classifier coupled to the interface, which is adapted to determine an information type associated with the frame. The type is selected from at least an initiator, data, or terminator. The classifier is adapted to determine header information associated with the frame. A content addressable memory is coupled to the classifier.