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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2022
Mellanox Technologies, Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Ioannis (Giannis) Patronas, Piraeus, GR;
Michael Gandelman, Haifa, IL;
Liron Mula, Hertzlia, IL;
Aviad Levy, Ge'alya, IL;
Lion Levi, Yavne, IL;
Jose Yallouz, Kibbutz Sha'ar HaAmakim, IL;
Paraskevas Bakopoulos, Ilion, GR;
Elad Mentovich, Tel Aviv, IL;
Mellanox Technologies Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Abstract
Switches for performing packet switching and associated methods are provided. An example switch includes an ingress port for receiving a packet. The switch includes a plurality of egress ports for discharging the packet from the switch. The switch includes a plurality of egress queues with each egress queue associated with one of the plurality of egress ports. The switch includes a control plane configured to determine a descriptor associated with a packet, determine a first egress port from which to discharge the at least one packet and to transmit the descriptor to an egress queue associated with the first egress port. The switch includes a descriptor crossbar configured to transmit the descriptor from the egress queue to a second egress port of the plurality of egress ports. The switch includes a packet crossbar configured to transmit the at least one packet from the ingress port to the second egress port.