Apparatus and methods for increasing bandwidth in an infiniband switch
AssigneePalau Acquisition Corporation (Delaware)
InventorMercedes E. Gil
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Abstract
A switch for use with an InfiniBand network. The switch includes a hub that redirects packets from a first InfiniBand device to a second InfiniBand device, a buffer that receives packets from the first InfiniBand device, and plurality of ports for transferring the data to the hub. A plurality of registers are coupled to the buffer for storing data from the packets. A switch network for selectively connecting the registers to the ports such that each register transfers a different portion of the data to a selected port.
Claims11
A switch for use with an InfiniBand network, the switch comprising:
- a hub that redirects packets from a first InfiniBand device to a second InfiniBand device;
- a buffer that receives packets from the first InfiniBand device;
- a plurality of registers coupled to the buffer for storing data from the packets;
- a plurality of ports for transferring the data from the registers to the hub;
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- a switch network for selectively connecting the registers to the ports such that each register transfers a different portion of the data to a selected port.
A switch for use with InfiniBand network, the switch comprising:
- a plurality of ports for transferring packets to a hub;
- a buffer that receives the packets in 32-bit words and concatenates a plurality of the 32-bit words to form a large word;
- a pipeline, comprising a plurality of stages, connected to the buffer, the pipeline receiving large words from the buffer and at each of a plurality of stages transferring a portion of a large word to an assigned port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.