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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2016
Mellanox Technologies Tlv Ltd., Raanana, IL;
Amiad Marelli, Herzliya, IL;
George Elias, Tel Aviv, IL;
Itamar Rabenstein, Petah Tikva, IL;
Miriam Menes, Tel Aviv, IL;
Ido Bukspan, Herzliya, IL;
MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES TLV LTD., Raanana, IL;
Abstract
Communication apparatus includes multiple interfaces connected to a packet data network, and a memory coupled to the interfaces and configured as a buffer to contain packets received through ingress interfaces while awaiting transmission to the network via respective egress interfaces. Packet processing logic is configured, upon receipt of a test packet through an ingress interface of the apparatus, to allocate a space in the buffer for storage of a single copy of the test packet, to replicate and transmit sequentially multiple copies of the stored copy of the test packet through a designated egress interface, to receive an indication of a number of copies of the test packet that are to be transmitted, and responsively to the indication, to terminate replication of the test packet and release the allocated space in the buffer.