METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BW SLA IN NVMe oF ETHERNET SSD STORAGE SYSTEM

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a controller, bandwidth information for a network attached storage device;
• storing, in a data structure of the controller, the bandwidth information;
• configuring, by the controller, a bandwidth of a network switch for the network attached storage device by programming the network switch based on the bandwidth information, the network switch being coupled to a port of the network attached storage device;
• and
• controlling, based on the bandwidth information, data transfers between the network switch and the network attached storage device;
• wherein the controlling is performed, at least in part, by the network switch.

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a controller, bandwidth information for a network attached storage device;
• storing, in a data structure of the controller, the bandwidth information;
• performing a data transfer between a host and the network attached storage device using a network switch coupled to a port of the network attached storage device;
• and
• configuring the network switch to control, based on the bandwidth information, the data transfer between the host and the network attached storage device;
• wherein the network switch is configured, at least in part, by the controller;
• and
• wherein the data transfer is controlled, at least in part, by the network switch.