iSCSI apparatus and communication control method for the same
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorYoshihiro Saito
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An apparatus communicates with a device via a network. The apparatus comprises a first processor, a second processor and a network controller. The network controller receives first and second types of packets from the network and selectively sends information in the first and second types of packets to the first and second processors. The network controller sends information in the first and second types of packets to the first and second processors, respectively, if a connection with the device has been established, such that information in the second type of packets is processed exclusively by the second processor.
Claims17
An apparatus communicating with a device via a network comprising:
- a first processor;
- a second processor;
- and
- a network controller receiving first and second types of packets from said network and selectively sending information in said first and second types of packets to said first and second processors,
- wherein said network controller sends information in said first and second types of packets to said first and second processors, respectively, if a connection with said device has been established, such that information in said second type of packets is processed exclusively by said second processor.
A method for processing first and second types of packets through a connection with a device via a network, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a packet from said network;
- determining whether said packet received from said network is said first type or said second type of packets;
- and
- selectively sending information in said packet received from said network to one of first and second processors, wherein
- information in said packet received from said network is sent to said first processor if a connection with said device has not been established,
- information in said packet received from said network is sent to said first processor if a connection with said device has been established and said packet received from said network is said first type of packets, and.
- information in said packet received from said network is sent to said second processor if a connection with said device has been established and said packet received from said network is said second type of packets, such that information in said second type of packets is processed exclusively by said second processor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.