Communication protocol placement into switch memory
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsCasimer M. DeCusatis, Rajaram B. Krishnamurthy
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Abstract
Direct memory transfer of data from the memory of a server to a memory of a switch. A server identifies a block of data in the memory of the server and a corresponding memory address space in the server. The server identifies a block of memory in the switch. The block of memory is at least the same size of the block of data. The switch comprises a network protocol. The server transfers the block of data into the block of memory. Based on the network protocol, the switch maps a network relationship. The mapping indicates a target server for the transferred block of data to be transmitted to.
Claims12
A computer system comprising:
- a memory;
- a processor in communication with said memory, said processor fetching instructions from the memory and executing the fetched instructions;
- wherein said computer system performs a method comprising:
- identifying a block of data in said memory and a corresponding memory address space;
- identifying a block of memory in a switch, said block of memory being at least the same size of said block of data, said switch comprising a network protocol;
- transferring said block of data into said block of memory;
- based on said network protocol, mapping, by said switch, a network relationship, said mapping to indicate a target server for said transferred block of data to be transmitted to;
- and
- based on said network relationship mapping, transferring said block of data to said target server.
A computer program product, the computer program product comprising:
- a computer readable storage device storing instructions for execution by a processing circuit for performing a method comprising:
- identifying a block of data in said memory and a corresponding memory address space;
- identifying a block of memory in a switch, said block of memory being at least the same size of said block of data, said switch comprising a network protocol;
- transferring said block of data into said block of memory;
- and
- based on said network protocol, mapping, by said switch, a network relationship, said mapping to indicate a target server for said transferred block of data to be transmitted to;
- and
- based on said network relationship mapping, transferring said block of data to said target server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.