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SSStttooonnnyyy BBBrrrooooookkk UUUnnniiivvveeerrrsssiiitttyyy The official electronic file of this thesis or dissertation is maintained by the University Libraries on behalf of The Graduate School at Stony Brook University. ©©© AAAllllll RRRiiiggghhhtttsss RRReeessseeerrrvvveeeddd bbbyyy AAAuuuttthhhooorrr... Programmable Ethernet Switches and Their Applications A DISSERTATION PRESENTED BY SRIKANT SHARMA TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY August 2008 Copyright by Srikant Sharma 2008 Stony Brook University The Graduate School Srikant Sharma We, the dissertation committee for the above candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, hereby recommend acceptance of this dissertation. Professor Tzi-cker Chiueh, Dissertation Advisor, Department of Computer Science, Stony Brook University Professor Yuanyuan Yang, Chairperson of Defense, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stony Brook University Professor Erez Zadok, Department of Computer Science, Stony Brook University Professor Jennifer Wong, Department of Computer Science, Stony Brook University Dr. Bruce Montague, Symantec Research Labs, Mountain View, CA This dissertation is accepted by the Graduate School Lawrence Martin Dean of the Graduate School ii Abstract of the Dissertation Programmable Ethernet Switches and Their Applications by Srikant Sharma Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science Stony Brook University 2008 Simplicity, cost effectiveness, scalability, and economies of scale make Ethernet a popular choice for (a) local area networks (LAN), as well as for (b) storage area networks (SAN), and increasingly (c) metropolitan-area networks (MAN). Appli- cations of Ethernet in the SAN and MAN arena elevate it from a LAN technology to a ubiquitous networking technology. With the expanded applicability of Ethernet there are certain adaptability issues which prompt rethinking of some of its archi- tectural features.
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