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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2008
Ashok Singhal, Redwood City, CA (US);
David J. Broniarczyk, Mountain View, CA (US);
George R. Cameron, Capitola, CA (US);
Jeff A. Price, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Ashok Singhal, Redwood City, CA (US);
David J. Broniarczyk, Mountain View, CA (US);
George R. Cameron, Capitola, CA (US);
Jeff A. Price, Pleasanton, CA (US);
3PAR, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for communicating data in an interconnect system comprising a plurality of nodes. In one aspect, the method includes: issuing a command packet from a first node, the command packet comprising a respective header quadword and at least one respective data quadword for conveying a command to a second node, wherein the command is selected from a group comprising a direct memory access (DMA) command, an administrative write command, a memory copy write command, and a built in self test (BIST) command; receiving the command packet at the second node; issuing an acknowledgement packet from the second node, the acknowledgement packet comprising a respective header quadword for conveying an acknowledgement that the command packet has been received at the second node.