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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2019
Applicant:
Mellanox Technologies, Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Yokneam, IL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G01R 31/3183 (2006.01); H04L 1/20 (2006.01); G06F 11/263 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/076 (2013.01); G01R 31/31835 (2013.01); G06F 11/0793 (2013.01); G06F 11/263 (2013.01); H04L 1/203 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method including determining, for a given hardware link, whether a signal error rate for signals sent over the given hardware link is beyond a given threshold, when the signal error rate is beyond the given threshold, generating an error indication for the given hardware link, the error indication including a prediction that a hardware component associated with the given hardware link is likely to fail. Related apparatus and methods are also provided.