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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2005
Ariel Cohen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abhinav Anand, Milpitas, CA (US);
Pierre Aulagnier, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Gerald Cheung, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Naveed Cochinwala, San Jose, CA (US);
Greg Lockwood, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ganesh Sundaresan, San Jose, CA (US);
Susheel Tadikonda, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vikram Venkataraghavan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ming Wong, San Jose, CA (US);
Ariel Cohen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abhinav Anand, Milpitas, CA (US);
Pierre Aulagnier, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Gerald Cheung, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Naveed Cochinwala, San Jose, CA (US);
Greg Lockwood, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ganesh Sundaresan, San Jose, CA (US);
Susheel Tadikonda, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vikram Venkataraghavan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ming Wong, San Jose, CA (US);
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for transferring data between servers and a remote entity having multiple peripherals. Multiple servers are connected to a remote entity over an Remote Direct Memory Access capable network. The remote entity includes peripherals such as network interface cards (NICs) and host bus adapters (HBAs). Server descriptor rings and descriptors are provided to allow efficient and effective communication between the servers and the remote entity.