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Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Alexander P. Campbell, Kanata, CA;

David Iles, San Jose, CA (US);

Keshav G. Kamble, Fremont, CA (US);

Dar-Ren Leu, San Jose, CA (US);

Vijoy A. Pandey, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/20 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/4022 (2013.01); G06F 13/20 (2013.01); G06F 13/28 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a switch system includes an external host connected via a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) port to a switch system, the external host being configured to perform functionality of a management plane and a control plane for the switch system, the external host having a processor. In another embodiment, a computer program product includes a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code including computer readable program code configured to perform functionality of a management plane and a control plane for a switch system using a processor of an external host. Other systems, computer program products, and methods are described according to more embodiments.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Campbell, Alexander. (2016). Pass-through converged network adaptor (cna) using existing ethernet switching device (U.S. Patent No. 9311264). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9311264

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