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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2018
Applicant:
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ariel Cohen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ashok Krishnamurthi, Saratoga, CA (US);
Viswanath Krishnamurthy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Frank Salzmann, Danville, CA (US);
David S. Allison, San Ramon, CA (US);
Cheng Tang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/931 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/351 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a novel approach for connecting servers to peripherals, such as NICs, HBAs, and SAS/SATA controllers. Also provided are methods of arranging peripherals within one or more I/O directors, which are connected to the servers over an Ethernet network. Such arrangement allows sharing the same resource among multiple servers.