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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Louie A. Dickens, Tucson, AZ (US);
Roger G. Hathorn, Tucson, AZ (US);
Richard Hutzler, Tucson, AZ (US);
William M. Smith, Jr., Rochester, MN (US);
Michael E. Starling, Bonsall, CA (US);
Daniel J. Winarski, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
For handling data being communicated over lossless Ethernet that is sensitive to delays, a processor designates data being transmitted over an Ethernet connection as one of low latency data and standard data. The processor further indicates that a Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) device supports transmission of the low latency data using a type length value (TLV) of a data center bridging capability exchange protocol (DCBX) as of Aug. 10, 2010. The processor transmits the low latency data and indicating that the low latency data being transmitted is low latency data. The processor detects one or more delays in the transmission of the low latency data. The processor issues a flow control command to pause a port from sending frames to the Ethernet for a given amount of time in response to detecting the one or more delays.