Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a switch processor programming agent to establish a logical interface to multiple switch processors in a network device. Feature agents for performing operations on a plurality of switch processors received configuration data. The switch processor programming agents translate the configuration data from a first format to a second format and program multiple switch processors in the second format. Switch processors may be switch ASICs for routing network traffic. In one embodiment, a switch processor and a redundant switch processor are maintained in the same state by the switch processor programming agent for seamless transition to the redundant switch processor when the other switch processor becomes inoperable.