Services offloading is a mechanism for processing fast-path packets in the network processor instead of in the Services Processing Unit (SPU). This method reduces the long packet processing latency that arises when packets are forwarded from network processors to SPUs for processing and back to I/O cards (IOCs) for transmission. This feature can now be enabled or disabled on a chassis through the J-Web user interface. One can use the Chassis configuration page in J-Web to enable or disable services offloading on a chassis.
