Multi-destination DMA for packet broadcast

A system comprising one or more network traffic management modules, networking modules, or server modules, memory comprising programmed instructions stored thereon, and one or more processors configured to be capable of executing the stored programmed instructions to:

• receive a network broadcast packet by a hardware network interface controller (NIC) connected to a host computer;
• transmit, by the hardware NIC, a request to an agent process running on the host computer to identify a plurality of memory locations in the host computer that should receive the network broadcast packet;
• receive, by the hardware NIC, a response from the agent process that comprises a plurality of memory location identifiers associated with the plurality of memory locations in the host computer;
• and write, by the hardware NIC, the network broadcast packet to the plurality of memory locations in the host computer that are associated with the plurality of memory location identifiers, wherein the writing comprises performing a plurality of direct memory access (DMA) operations.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions comprising executable code that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the processors to:

• receive a network broadcast packet by a hardware network interface controller (NIC) connected to a host computer;
• transmit, by the hardware NIC, a request to an agent process running on the host computer to identify a plurality of memory locations in the host computer that should receive the network broadcast packet;
• receive, by the hardware NIC, a response from the agent process that comprises a plurality of memory location identifiers associated with the plurality of memory locations in the host computer;
• and write, by the hardware NIC, the network broadcast packet to the plurality of memory locations in the host computer that are associated with the plurality of memory location identifiers, wherein the writing comprises performing a plurality of direct memory access (DMA) operations.

A network traffic management apparatus, comprising memory comprising programmed instructions stored thereon and one or more processors configured to be capable of executing the stored programmed instructions to:

• receive a network broadcast packet by a hardware network interface controller (NIC) connected to a host computer;
• transmit, by the hardware NIC, a request to an agent process running on the host computer to identify a plurality of memory locations in the host computer that should receive the network broadcast packet;
• receive, by the hardware NIC, a response from the agent process that comprises a plurality of memory location identifiers associated with the plurality of memory locations in the host computer;
• and write, by the hardware NIC, the network broadcast packet to the plurality of memory locations in the host computer that are associated with the plurality of memory location identifiers, wherein the writing comprises performing a plurality of direct memory access (DMA) operations.