Network interface device
AssigneeFujitsu Limit
InventorsYuichiro AJIMA, Tomohiro Inoue, Shinya Hiramoto
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Abstract
A network interface device is provided. The network interface device is connected to a computer and performs communications via a network includes a first management unit that identifies a communication connection by a port number, and manages a communication connection state of each port by a context that is stored in a storage unit and is associated with a port number, a second management unit that manages a storage state of the context, and a control unit that refers to the context, and performs an exemplary operation to establish a communication connection and an exemplary operation to cut off a communication connection between ports.
Claims16
A network interface device that is connected to a computer and performs communications via a network, the network interface device comprising:
- a first management unit that identifies a communication connection by a port number, and manages a communication connection state of each port by a context that is stored in a storage unit and is associated with a port number;
- a second management unit that manages a storage state of the context;
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- a control unit that refers to the context, and performs an operation to establish a communication connection and an operation to cut off a communication connection between ports.
A network interface device comprising:
- a first management unit capable of managing a connection state of a port by a context that is stored in a storage unit and is associated with a port number;
- a second management unit that manages a storage state of the context;
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- a control unit that controls a connection between ports based on the context.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.