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US 2026/0030164 A1Published application
Link aggregation management
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsMohannad Fahim Ali, Swadesh Choudhary, Debendra Das Sharma, Mahesh S. Natu, Michelle C. Jen
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Abstract
A device, such as an I/O device, includes one or more ports to couple to one or more other devices, such as host devices, over two or more links, where the one or more ports include protocol circuitry to: implement a plurality of different link protocols, implement an aggregated link of the two or more links to couple to a given one of the one or more other devices, and manage a protocol resource based on the aggregated link.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of ports to couple to one or more other devices over a plurality of interconnects, wherein the one or more ports comprise protocol circuitry to:
- implement a plurality of different link protocols;
- implement an aggregated link on the plurality of interconnects to couple to a given one of the one or more other devices;
- and
- manage a protocol resource based on the aggregated link.
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A method comprising:
- aggregating a plurality of links on a first device as a bundled link to function logically as a single link, wherein the plurality of links couple the first device to a second device, and the plurality of links are to be respectively implemented based on a Compute Express Link (CXL)-based protocol;
- communicating data between the first device and the second device using the bundled link;
- and
- managing a resource of the first device based on the aggregation of the plurality of links, wherein the resource comprises one of an address translation cache or a memory cache.
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A system comprising:
- a first device;
- and
- a second device coupled to the first device by a plurality of interconnects, wherein the second device couples to the plurality of interconnect by a plurality of ports, and comprises protocol circuitry to:
- implement a plurality of different link protocols;
- implement a bundled link to aggregate the plurality of interconnects to act as a single logical interconnect;
- communicate data between the first device and the second device through the bundled link;
- and
- manage a protocol resource based on the aggregated link.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.