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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2020
Pensando Systems Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Bharat Bandaru, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Pirabhu Raman, Fremont, CA (US);
J. Bradley Smith, San Jose, CA (US);
PENSANDO SYTEMS INC., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
Described are programmable IO devices installed on a host device and configured to execute instructions that cause the programmable IO device to perform operations to establish a virtual link between another programmable IO device installed on the host device and provide a data plane using the virtual link. These operations comprise: establishing the virtual link with the other programmable IO device installed on the host device, wherein the virtual link provides a communication channel between the programmable IO devices; providing the data plane by establishing, with the other programmable IO device via the virtual link, a data path associated with the data plane; receiving a packet in the data plane destined for the other programmable IO device; and forwarding the packet to the other programmable IO device via the virtual link.