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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2002
Sridhar Lakshmanamurthy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Lawrence B. Huston, Wexford, PA (US);
Yim Pun, Saratoga, CA (US);
Raymond NG, Fremont, CA (US);
Hugh M. Wilkinson, Iii, Newton, MA (US);
Mark B. Rosenbluth, Uxbridge, MA (US);
David Romano, Cumberland, RI (US);
Sridhar Lakshmanamurthy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Lawrence B. Huston, Wexford, PA (US);
Yim Pun, Saratoga, CA (US);
Raymond Ng, Fremont, CA (US);
Hugh M. Wilkinson, III, Newton, MA (US);
Mark B. Rosenbluth, Uxbridge, MA (US);
David Romano, Cumberland, RI (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In-band flow control data may be received from a switch fabric at a first network processor. The received in-band flow control data may be transmitted to a second network processor using a flow control bus. The second network processor may determine which receive queues in the switch fabric exceed a predetermined overflow threshold based on the in-band flow control data. The second processor may transmit data to the receive queues in the switch fabric determined not to exceed the predetermined overflow threshold.