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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2006
Charles Jens Archer, Rochester, MN (US);
Roy Glenn Musselman, Rochester, MN (US);
Amanda Peters, Rochester, MN (US);
Kurt Walter Pinnow, Rochester, MN (US);
Brent Allen Swartz, Chippewa Falls, WI (US);
Brian Paul Wallenfelt, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Charles Jens Archer, Rochester, MN (US);
Roy Glenn Musselman, Rochester, MN (US);
Amanda Peters, Rochester, MN (US);
Kurt Walter Pinnow, Rochester, MN (US);
Brent Allen Swartz, Chippewa Falls, WI (US);
Brian Paul Wallenfelt, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A massively parallel computer system contains an inter-nodal communications network of node-to-node links. An automated routing strategy routes packets through one or more intermediate nodes of the network to reach a destination. Some packets are constrained to be routed through respective designated transporter nodes, the automated routing strategy determining a path from a respective source node to a respective transporter node, and from a respective transporter node to a respective destination node. Preferably, the source node chooses a routing policy from among multiple possible choices, and that policy is followed by all intermediate nodes. The use of transporter nodes allows greater flexibility in routing.