International Business Machines Corporation

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Cisco Technology, Inc.

Thomas Anthony Gregg

David F Craddock

Kulwant M Pandey

Casimer M DeCusatis

Donald W Schmidt

Dan F Greiner

Rajaram B Krishnamurthy

Eric N Lais

Mark S Farrell

Bruce Leroy Beukema

Ronald Edward Fuhs

Bruce Marshall Walk

Richard K Errickson

Renato John Recio

Peter Kenneth Szwed

Beth A Glendening

Damian Leo Osisek

Gustav E Sittmann, Iii

Steven Lyn Rogers

Robert S Capowski

Gregory Salyer

Richard Loise Arndt

Douglas W Westcott

Charles W Gainey, Jr

Daniel Francis Casper

Richard Louis Arndt

Gregory Francis Pfister

Janet R Easton

Patrick John Sugrue

Joseph M Hoke

Louis T Fasano

Neil G Bartow

John R Flanagan

Thomas Schlipf

Michael Peter Lyons

Leonard W Helmer, Jr

Frank William Brice

Ugochukwu Charles Njoku

Calvin Charles Paynton

Matthew J Kalos

Frank David Ferraiolo

David Arlen Elko

Ian David Judd

Gottfried Andreas Goldrian

Carol B Hernandez

Anthony F Coneski

Paul J Brown

Gerd Konrad Bayer

Chin Lee

Michael Jung

Elke G Nass

Albert Ing

Stephen R Burrow

Catherine C Huang

Anuradha Rao

Steven N Goss

Gary E Strait

Audrey A Helffrich

Kenneth J Fredericks

Ambrose A Verdibello, Jr

Vincent P Zeyak, Jr

Leon Skarshinski

Jayakrishna M Menon

Michael T Benhase

Steven Mark Thurber

Charles Franklin Webb

Danny Marvin Neal

Christoph Raisch

Pak-kin Mak

Alan Frederic Benner

Mark Anthony Check

Richard P Tarcza

George Wayne Nation

Jeffrey M Turner

John Scott Houston

Allan Samuel Meritt

Marten J Halma

Brenton F Belmar

Bjorn O Liencres

William Edward Atherton

Daniel J Stigliani, Jr

Kevin J Reilly

Kenneth Blair Ocheltree

Anthony R Sager

Douglas G Balazich

William Garrett Verdoorn, Jr

Robert E Murray

Frank W Brice

Joseph A Williams

Andreas Kohler

Paul Joseph Mattos

Clifford T Williams

Ugochukwu Njoku-Charles

Salvatore A Calta

Thomas H Hillock

Michael D Campbell

Oliver G Schlag

Steven G Wilkins

Aburadha Rao

Kenneth A Meifert, Jr

Embodiments are directed to a computer system for managing data transfer. The computer system includes a memory, a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, a send component and a receive component having a message queue and a controller. A single link interface communicatively couples the send component to the receive component. The single link interface includes a mainline channel and a sideband channel, and the computer system is configured to perform a method. The method includes transmitting mainline channel messages over the mainline channel from the send component to the receive component. The method further includes transmitting sideband channel messages over the sideband channel from the send component to the message queue of the receive component. The method further includes 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.

Remotely controlled message queue

Embodiments relate to enhancing a refresh PCI translation (RPCIT) instruction to refresh a translation lookaside buffer (TLB). A computer processor determines a request to purge a translation for a single frame of the TLB in response to executing an enhanced RPCIT instruction. The enhanced RPCIT instruction is configured to selectively perform one of a single-frame TLB refresh operation or a range-bounded TLB refresh operation. The computer processor determines an absolute storage frame based on a translation of a PCI virtual address in response to the request to purge a translation for a single frame of the TLB. The computer processor further performs the single-frame TLB refresh operation to purge the translation for the single frame.

Selective purging of PCI I/O address translation buffer

An energy management system for a data center network may include a central computer to establish an energy use policy for the computer data center network. The system may also include computer nodes in the computer data center network to receive a packet which is a query that obtains energy information from the nodes and/or a transmission reservation that provides instructions for the energy use policy to be implemented at the computer nodes. The computer nodes may reallocate data traffic on the computer data center network based on the energy use policy to improve energy consumption of the computer data center network.

Energy management system for a data center network

Embodiments are directed to a computer system for managing data transfer. The computer system includes a memory, a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, a send component and a receive component having a message queue and a controller. A link interface communicatively couples the send component to the receive component. The link interface includes a mainline channel and a sideband channel, and the computer system is configured to perform a method. The method includes transmitting mainline channel messages over the mainline channel from the send component to the receive component. The method further includes transmitting sideband channel messages over the sideband channel from the send component to the message queue of the receive component. The method further includes 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.

Embodiments relate to enhancing a refresh PCI translation (RPCIT) instruction to refresh a translation lookaside buffer (TLB). A computer processor determines a request to purge a translation for a single frame of the TLB in response to executing an enhanced RPCIT instruction. The enhanced RPCIT instruction is configured to selectively perform one of a single-frame TLB refresh operation or a range-bounded TLB refresh operation. The computer processor determines an absolute storage frame based on a translation of a PCI virtual address in response to the request to purge a translation for a single frame of the TLB. The computer processer further performs the single-frame TLB refresh operation to purge the translation for the single frame.

A method of enhancing a refresh PCI translation (RPCIT) operation to refresh a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) includes determining, by a computer processor, a request to perform at least one RPCIT instruction for purging at least one translation from the TLB. The method further includes purging, by the computer processor, the at least one translation from the TLB in response to executing the at least one RPCIT instruction. The computer processor selectively performs a synchronization operation prior to completing the at least one RPCIT instruction.

An address provided in a request issued by an adapter is converted to an address directly usable in accessing system memory. The address includes a plurality of bits, in which the plurality of bits includes a first portion of bits and a second portion of bits. The second portion of bits is used to index into one or more levels of address translation tables to perform the conversion, while the first portion of bits are ignored for the conversion. The first portion of bits are used to validate the address.

Translation of input/output addresses to memory addresses

Embodiments relate to two general purpose computers connected in a peer-to-peer mode by connecting a cable (or wireless connection) between universal ports (e.g., PCIe ports) on each computer. A timing protocol utility runs on each computer to time schedule operations performed by its respective computer. Because the system clocks on each peer computer operate independently (asynchronously), they may vary somewhat from each other. To support time synchronized peer-to-peer operations, paired clock value (one for each peer computer) are generated continually and independently by each peer system. Each peer system periodically supplies the paired clock values to its associated timing protocol utility, which uses the paired clock values to time synchronize peer-to-peer computer operations. The timing protocol utilities may also exchange the paired clock values with each other for integrity checking and other operations.

Peer-to-peer networking through universal port connections

Embodiments include a method and computer program product for dynamic universal port mode assignment for a general purpose computer system. A host bridge with a mixed mode request router routes requests received over a universal peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) port from PCIe adapters utilizing different operating modes. An aspect includes a general purpose host computer with one or more PCIe universal ports allowing the computer to connect to a wide range of external peripheral devices, such as a local area networks, storage area networks, printers, scanners, graphics controllers, game systems, and so forth. PCIe is a modern universal port protocol for parallel ports that allows peripherals utilizing different operating modes to connect to a standard PCIe parallel port. The mixed mode request router supports converged PCIe adapters, which support multiple functions utilizing different PCIe modes converged onto the same mixed mode adapter.

Dynamic universal port mode assignment

Embodiments are directed to systems and methodologies for allowing a computer program code to efficiently respond to and process events. For events having a multiple stage completion sequence, and wherein several of the events occur within relatively close time proximity to each other, portions of the multiple stages may be coalesced without adding latency, thereby maintaining responsiveness of the computer program. The disclosed coalescing systems and methodologies include state machines and counters that in effect 'replace' certain stages of the event sequence when the frequency of events increases.

Coalescing stages in a multiple stage completion sequence

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Highland, NY, United States of America

Thomas Anthony Gregg