The Hybrid Switch: Combining P4 Switching with Marvell OCTEON DPUs

Pure switching chips excel at fast packet forwarding but struggle with heavy, stateful tasks, while standard CPUs handle stateful apps perfectly but fail at line-rate switching speeds.
🚀 The Hybrid Alternative: Next-generation appliances combine high-speed switching silicon with Marvell OCTEON processors on one internal bus, using SRv6 to guide packets between engines.
Why this represents a structural transformation for network service nodes:
⚡ Optimized Traffic Division: Executes rapid Layer 2/3 transport on the switch chip while routing complex Layer 4-7 processing to the DPU.
🎛️ Line-Rate Stateful Services: Enables high-performance, stateful firewalling, NAT, and telemetry tracking directly inside the hardware appliance frame.
📐 Seamless Internal Service Chains: Uses internal SRv6 segment pointers to steer packets smoothly through specialized processing steps on the local bus.
Deploy a high-performance network service platform that balances ultra-fast forwarding speeds with deep, stateful packet processing.
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