# DATA CPU and CONTROL CPU

**URL:** https://community.a10networks.com/t/data-cpu-and-control-cpu/593
**Category:** System
**Created:** [April 3, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.a10networks.com/t/data-cpu-and-control-cpu/593 "2020-04-03T16:03:58Z")
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### Author: ![Morato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Morato](https://community.a10networks.com/u/Morato)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.a10networks.com/t/data-cpu-and-control-cpu/593/1 "2020-04-03T16:03:58Z")

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I’d like.know what diference between DATA CPU and CONTROL CPU.

Thanks.

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### Author: ![mdunn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/87869e/32.png) [@mdunn](https://community.a10networks.com/u/mdunn)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.a10networks.com/t/data-cpu-and-control-cpu/593/2 "2020-04-03T16:18:46Z")

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Hi Morato,  
The CONTROL CPU is dedicated CPU core(s) for the management port. The DATA CPU cores are for processing traffic on data ports.  
The thought process here is to isolate management functions from the Data plane.  
Mike