Remotely controlled message queue

A computer-implemented method for managing data transfer, the method comprising:

• analyzing, by a send component, according to at least one mainline message criterion, messages to be transmitted;
• classifying, by the send component, messages to be transmitted that do not meet the at least one mainline message criterion as sideband messages;
• transmitting, by the send component, mainline channel messages over at least one mainline channel of a single link interface from the send component to a receive component having a message queue and a controller;
• based at least in part on classifying messages to be transmitted that do not meet the at least one mainline message criterion as sideband messages, transmitting, by the send component, sideband channel messages over a sideband channel of the single link interface from the send component to the message queue of the receive component, wherein transmitting the sideband channel messages is limited to transmitting fixed-maximum-length packets;
• utilizing the controller to control a flow of the sideband channel messages to the message queue without relying on sending feedback to the send component about the flow;
• based on a determination that the single link interface is currently transmitting the mainline channel messages, delaying transmitting the sideband channel messages until transmitting the mainline channel messages is complete;
• disassembling, by the send component, the sideband channel messages into sideband channel message packets having the fixed-maximum-length;
• and
• reassembling, by the receive component, the fixed-maximum-length sideband channel message packets into the sideband channel message;
• wherein transmitting the sideband channel messages comprises:
• writing the sideband channel messages to a transmit register of the send component;
• and
• the transmit register placing the sideband channel messages on the sideband channel for transmission without relying on receiving feedback about the flow of the sideband channel messages to the message queue;
• wherein a mainline data transfer mechanism of the at least one mainline channel has a higher overhead than a sideband data transfer mechanism of the sideband channel;
• wherein the mainline data transfer mechanism comprises a different data transfer mechanism than the sideband data transfer mechanism.