US 11,451,493 B2 · Connection management in a network adapter

Abstract

A network adapter includes a network interface, a host interface and processing circuitry. The network interface connects to a communication network for communicating with remote targets. The host interface connects to a host that accesses a Multi-Channel Send Queue (MCSQ) storing Work Requests (WRs) originating from client processes running on the host. The processing circuitry is configured to retrieve WRs from the MCSQ and distribute the WRs among multiple Send Queues (SQs) accessible by the processing circuitry.

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Dependent claims

A network adapter, comprising:

a network interface, configured to connect to a communication network for communicating with remote targets;
a host interface configured to connect to a host that accesses a Multi-Channel Send Queue (MCSQ) storing Work Requests (WRs) originating from client processes running on the host;
and
processing circuitry, configured to:
retrieve WRs from multiple Send Queues (SQs) and execute data transmission operations specified in the WRs, and
retrieve the WRs from the MCSQ and distribute the retrieved WRs among the multiple Send Queues (SQs) accessible by the processing circuitry.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/142,366Filed 6 Jan 2021

Published

US 2022/0217101 A17 Jul 2022

Granted

20 Sep 2022

Term ends

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Classification8 codes

G06F 13/385
Using universal interface adapter: for adaptation of a particular data processing system to different peripheral devices
H04L 49/901
Buffering arrangements: using storage descriptor, e.g. read or write pointers
H04L 41/0627
Using filtering, e.g. reduction of information by using priority, element types, position or time: by acting on the notification or alarm source
H04L 41/0654
Management of faults, events, alarms or notifications: using network fault recovery

Connection management in a network adapter

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Abstract

Claims37