Method of transporting a PCI express packet over a VMEbus network

In a PCI Express domain, a method of communicating a PCI Express packet over a VMEbus network, comprising:

• creating the PCI Express packet;
• reading a first PCI Express destination address of the PCI Express packet;
• mapping the first PCI Express destination address to a receiver PCI Express domain VMEbus address;
• encapsulating the PCI Express packet in a data field of a VMEbus write transaction;
• and
• communicating the VMEbus write transaction to a receiver PCI Express domain over the VMEbus network.

In a PCI Express domain, a method of communicating a PCI Express packet over a VMEbus network, comprising:

• the PCI Express domain deciding to claim a VMEbus write transaction from the VMEbus network;
• de-encapsulating the PCI Express packet from a data field of the VMEbus write transaction;
• and
• issuing the PCI Express packet to a PCI Express computing element having a PCI Express destination address.

A computer-readable medium containing computer instructions for instructing a processor to perform a method of transporting a PCI Express packet from an initiator PCI Express domain over a VMEbus network to a receiver PCI Express domain, the instructions comprising:

• the initiator PCI Express domain creating the PCI Express packet;
• reading a first PCI Express destination address of the PCI Express packet;
• mapping the first PCI Express destination address to a receiver PCI Express domain VMEbus address;
• encapsulating the PCI Express packet in a data field of a VMEbus write transaction;
• and
• communicating the VMEbus write transaction to the receiver PCI Express domain over the VMEbus network.