US 10,853,293 B2 · Switch-based inter-device notational data movement system

Abstract

A switch-based inter-device notational data movement system includes a switch device that is coupled to a first processing system included in a first chassis and configured to provide a first thread, a second processing system included in a second chassis and configured to provide a second thread, and a memory system. The switch device identifies, in a communication transmitted by the first thread, a request to transfer data, which is stored in a first portion of the memory system that is associated with the first thread in a memory fabric management database, to the second thread. The switch device then modifies notational reference information in the memory fabric management database to disassociate the first portion of the memory system and the first thread and associate the first portion of the memory system with the second thread, which allows the second thread to reference the data using request/respond operation.

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Dependent claims

A switch-based inter-device notational data movement system, comprising:

a first processing system that is included in a first chassis and that is configured to provide a first thread;
a second processing system that is included in a second chassis and that is configured to provide a second thread;
a memory system;
and
a switch device that is coupled to the first processing system, the second processing system, and the memory system, wherein the switch device is configured to:
identify, in a communication transmitted by the first thread, a request to transfer data to the second thread, wherein the data is stored in a first portion of the memory system that is associated with the first thread in a memory fabric management database;
and
modify, in the memory fabric management database, notational reference information in order to disassociate the first portion of the memory system and the first thread and associate the first portion of the memory system with the second thread, wherein the association of the first portion of the memory system with the second thread allows the second thread to reference the data using request/respond operation.

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An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:

a processing system;
and
a memory system that is coupled to the processing system and that includes instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to provide a switch memory fabric management engine that is configured to:
identify, in a communication transmitted by a first thread that is provided by a first processing system that is included in a first chassis, a request to transfer data to a second thread that is provided by a second processing system that is included in a second chassis, wherein the data is stored in a first portion of a memory system that is coupled to the switch memory fabric management engine and that is associated with the first thread in a memory fabric management database;
and
modify, in the memory fabric management database, notational reference information in order to disassociate the first portion of the memory system and the first thread and associate the first portion of the memory system with the second thread, wherein the association of the first portion of the memory system with the second thread allows the second thread to reference the data using request/respond operation.

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A method for providing inter-device notational data movement, comprising:

identifying, by a switch device in a communication transmitted by a first thread that is provided by a first processing system that is included in a first chassis, a request to transfer data to a second thread that is provided by a second processing system that is included in a second chassis, wherein the data is stored in a first portion of a memory system that is coupled to the switch device and that is associated with the first thread in a memory fabric management database;
and
modifying, by the switch device in the memory fabric management database, notational reference information in order to disassociate the first portion of the memory system and the first thread and associate the first portion of the memory system with the second thread, wherein the association of the first portion of the memory system with the second thread allows the second thread to reference the data using request/respond operation.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Switch-based inter-device notational data movement system

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Abstract

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