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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2005
Mark W. Wunderlich, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Hemal V. Shah, Austin, TX (US);
Anshuman Thakur, Beaverton, OR (US);
Daniel A. Manseau, Portland, OR (US);
Mark W. Wunderlich, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Hemal V. Shah, Austin, TX (US);
Anshuman Thakur, Beaverton, OR (US);
Daniel A. Manseau, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Input/Output (I/O) protocol operations such as iSCSI protocol operations may be selectively offloaded to an I/O protocol offload device, or retained by a host driver software. In one embodiment, iSCSI data transfer functions are offloaded to an offload device while session and connection establishing and maintenance operations are retained by host driver software. Other features are described and claimed.