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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Mohan K. Nair, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/36 (2006.01); G06F 13/366 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/366 (2013.01); G06F 13/4068 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure pertains to an intelligent network fabric used to connect multiple computer nodes with one or more SR-IOV devices. The intelligent fabric includes a management device and a network fabric coupled thereto. A plurality of virtual endpoint devices are coupled to the network fabric and are configured to connect with a plurality of compute nodes. In addition, the intelligent network fabric includes a root port device coupled to the network fabric which the root port is configured to connect with virtual functions within a SR-IOV device.