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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2012
Applicant:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas Ilyadis, Merrimack, NH (US);
Ariel Hendel, Cupertino, CA (US);
Karagada Ramarao Kishore, Saratoga, CA (US);
Gregory John Scherer, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/50 (2006.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/35 (2013.01);
Abstract
A universal network interface controller (UNIC) is provided for interfacing a host computer to a switch fabric, a packet network, or both. The UNIC includes encapsulation logic configured to encapsulate a CBP communication for transmission as switch fabric data on the switch fabric. Finally, the UNIC includes transmit logic configured to transmit the encapsulated CBP communication to the remote CBP device using the switch fabric.