Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Qlogic Corporation

Patrick Bueb

Dean L Scoville

Dean Scoville

Martin Harris

Ballard Bare

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 for testing a data path of a server operably connected between at least one peripheral device and at least one client device via a network includes independently testing one of a peripheral interface portion of the data path and a network interface portion of the data path, and generating a status report indicating the result of the test.

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Auburn, CA, United States of America

Patrick Bueb