Micron Electronics, Inc.

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Micron Technology Incorporated

Mehrdad Khalili

Walter August Wallach

Mallikarjunan Mahalingam

John M Reed

Amitabha Biswas

Prashant Modi

Kathryn Hampton

Yiu Yip

Doris Sayon

Charles L Hudson

Robert Teisberg

Daniel Nathan Cripe

A computer system establishes offloaded connections over a network between requestor applications running on client nodes and server applications running on a server node. The connections are established through an aggregated plurality of network resources of the server node. Each of the aggregated plurality of server resources is operable to provide offloaded connections over the network and each is assigned to a unique private IP address. Connect queries are generated on behalf of requesting applications. Each of the connect queries specifies one of the server applications using a first endpoint tuple. The first endpoint tuple includes one of one or more IP addresses identifying the server node publicly on the network and a first port number uniquely identifying the server application. A valid set of bypass endpoint tuples are obtained that are translated from the first endpoint tuple specified in the query. Each tuple of the set includes a different one of the assigned private IP addresses. A connect request is issued over the network that specifies a selected one of the valid set of bypass endpoint tuples as the destination transport address for the connection.

Managing connections through an aggregation of network resources providing offloaded connections between applications over a network

A computer system aggregates a plurality of network resources of a computer system. The plurality of network resources forms a bypass stack operable to provide offloaded connections to one or more applications available on the computer system. Each of the applications is associated with a first port number. The computer system itself is addressable on the network by a public IP address. The system assigns private IP addresses to uniquely identify each of the plurality of network resources. The system creates a socket for each application by which the application can communicate with the network. The socket is associated with a first endpoint tuple that includes the public IP address and the first port number associated with the application for which the socket is created. The socket is further associated with a set of bypass endpoint tuples that are translated from the first endpoint tuple, each of the set including a different one of the private IP addresses. Each of the bypass endpoint tuples is available to be a transport address to define an offloaded connection to the application through one of the network resources. The created socket can be a listening one at a server node or a connection one at a client node.

Aggregation of network resources providing offloaded connections between applications over a network

A software architecture for the hot add and swap of adapters. The software architecture allows users to replace failed components, upgrade outdated components, and add new functionality, such as new network interfaces, disk interface adapters and storage, without impacting existing users. The software architecture supports the hot add and swap of off-the-shelf adapters, including those adapters that are programmable.

System using programmable processor for selectively enabling or disabling power to adapter in response to respective request signals

System and method for the add or swap of an adapter on an operating computer

Method for hot swapping a programmable adapter by using a programmable processor to selectively disabling and enabling power thereto upon receiving respective control signals

Method for the hot swap of a mass storage adapter on a system including a statically loaded adapter driver

Method for the hot add of devices

Method for the hot add of a mass storage adapter on a system including a statically loaded adapter driver

Method for the hot add of a network adapter on a system including a statically loaded adapter driver

System for hot swapping a programmable adapter by using a programmable processor to selectively disabling and enabling power thereto upon receiving respective control signals

Method for hot add of a mass storage adapter on a system including a dynamically loaded adapter driver

Method for hot swapping a programmable storage adapter using a programmable processor for selectively enabling or disabling power to adapter slot in response to respective request signals

Method for hot swapping a programmable network adapter by using a programmable processor to selectively disabling and enabling power thereto upon receiving respective control signals

Method for hot adding a network adapter by identifying and executing the

Method for the hot add of a network adapter on a system including a

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