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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2009
Kavitha V. M. Baratakke, Austin, TX (US);
Nikhil Hegde, Round Rock, TX (US);
Rashmi Narasimhan, Roundrock, TX (US);
Aruna Yedavilli, Austin, TX (US);
Kavitha V. M. Baratakke, Austin, TX (US);
Nikhil Hegde, Round Rock, TX (US);
Rashmi Narasimhan, Roundrock, TX (US);
Aruna Yedavilli, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Communication between nodes on distinct physical computer systems typically involves fragmentation of packets, such that packet size complies with a communication protocol's specified maximum transmission unit (MTU). However, communications between logical partitions on the same computer system ('virtual nodes') do not have to comply with a MTU. A computer system can handle packet sizes for intra-system communications between virtual nodes larger than the MTU. Functionality can be implemented to determine that a packet's source and destination are virtual nodes on the same physical machine. This can enable the system to virtually transfer packets for intra-system communication without fragmentation.