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Chapter 2, “Elements of an Application,” which introduces the IXA system software,
the C structures that support the ACE model, the error handling system,
and the application building process
Chapter 3, “Compiling and Testing Applications,” which explains the compilation
model for an application containing ACEs
Chapter 4, “Configuring and Starting IXA Systems,” which explains how to
configure the ports and start the ACEs for an IXA system
Chapter 5, “Controlling Packet Flow,” which introduces targets as destinations
for packets and explains how packets flow into and out of an IXP1200 and ACEs
within an application
Chapter 6, “Writing MicroACEs,” which explains the architecture of microACEs
and describes how to write them
Chapter 7, “Interface ACEs,” which introduces the system-defined microACEs
that receive and transmit packets on network interface ports
Chapter 8, “Stack and Library ACEs,” which introduces the system-defined
microACE that represents the Linux TCP/IP stack and library ACEs that perform
common networking tasks
Chapter 9, “Classifying Packets Using NCL,” which introduces the Network
Classification Language and explains how to use it to evaluate packets and write
classification rules
Chapter 10, “Initializing and Acting on Packets in an ACE,” which describes
some of the actions that you can take on packets and explains how to implement
action functions
Chapter 11, “Communication Within an Application,” which shows how to use
the crosscall mechanism for remote function calls between ACEs and other
programs
Chapter 12, “Crosscall Example,” which demonstrates the use of crosscalls
Chapter 13, “Using Sets of Data to Classify Packets,” which describes how to
create sets to associate application data with packets, and how to perform and act
on the results of searches in the sets
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About This Guide
Revision 3.3, August 2001