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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2016
Mellanox Technologies Tlv Ltd., Raanana, IL;
Alex Shpiner, Nesher, IL;
Vladimir Zdornov, Kfar Saba, IL;
Zachy Haramaty, Hemed, IL;
Eitan Zahavi, Zichron Yaakov, IL;
Mellanox Technologies TLV Ltd., Raanana, IL;
Abstract
A method for network communication includes receiving in a network element a packet for forwarding to a destination node. The destination node is reachable via two or more candidate ports of the network element that are connected to respective next-hop network elements. Link-level flow-control credit notifications are received in the network element from the next-hop network elements via the respective candidate ports. An egress port is selected for the packet, from among the candidate ports, based at least on the received link-level flow-control credit notifications. The packet is forwarded toward the destination node over the selected egress port.