Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.p.

Qlogic Corporation

Martin Harris

Patrick Bueb

Dean Scoville

Ballard Bare

Laurent P H Pizot

Methods and systems for network communications are disclosed. In particular methods and systems for providing communications rate controls from remote sources are provided. For example, a machine-implemented method includes: managing, at a target, a request to transmit (R2T) queue and an associated data credit counter; incrementing the data credit counter based on an allowed transfer rate; selecting an R2T packet from the R2T queue; determining if the R2T packet should be sent based on the data credit counter; sending the R2T packet to an initiator when the R2T packet indicates data transfer less than the data credit counter; and decrementing the data credit counter based on the R2T packet when the R2T packet is sent.

Methods and systems for controlling transmission rates in networks

A method and system for exporting menu objects to a peripheral, which includes the steps of collecting configuration data of the current setting, creating a Direct Data Entry menu of pages and elements, storing the configuration data into the Direct Data Entry menu, and sending a Direct Data Entry string for a requested element in the Direct Data Entry menu.

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Rocklin, CA, United States of America

Martin Harris