The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2017
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Shyam T. Iyer, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may include receiving by a proxy server executing on a processor subsystem an input/output request from an application executing on a first virtual machine of a hypervisor, wherein the hypervisor is executing on the processor subsystem, determining whether the proxy server is capable of handling the input/output request, responsive to determining that the proxy server is incapable of handling the input/output request, communicating the input/output request to the accelerator device, wherein the accelerator device is configured to accelerate data transfer operations between the first virtual machine and a storage virtual appliance executing as a second virtual machine of the hypervisor, and responsive to determining that the proxy server is capable of handling the input/output request, emulating to the hypervisor the functionality of the accelerator device with respect to the input/output request.