Network devices with multiple direct memory access channels and methods thereof

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for communicating with networked clients and servers through a network device comprising machine executable code which, when executed by at least one processor of the network device, causes the processor to perform steps comprising:

• receiving, at a first port of the network device, a first network data packet destined for a first executing application of a plurality of executing applications operating in the network device, wherein the plurality of executing applications are associated with corresponding application drivers utilizing independent and unique direct memory access (DMA) channels;
• identifying a first DMA channel mapped to the first port and associated with a first application driver corresponding to the first executing application;
• and
• transmitting the first network data packet to the first executing application over the first identified DMA channel.

A network device comprising:

• a memory configured to store programmed instructions for communicating with networked clients and servers through the network device;
• one or more processors configured to execute the programmed instructions in the memory:
• a network interface controller coupled to the one or more processors and the memory and capable of receiving and forwarding data packets from a network that relate to a plurality of applications, wherein the network device is configured to:
• receive, at a first port of the network interface, a first network data packet destined for a first executing application of a plurality of executing applications operating in the network device, wherein the plurality of executing applications are associated with corresponding application drivers utilizing independent and unique direct memory access (DMA) channels;
• identify a first DMA channel mapped to the first port and associated with a first application driver corresponding to the first executing application;
• and
• transmit the first network data packet to the first executing application over the first identified DMA channel.