公开(公告)号：US07412545B2

公开(公告)日：2008-08-12

申请号：US10897332

申请日：2004-07-22

申请人： David Charles Boutcher ,  Charles Scott Graham ,  Harvey Gene Kiel ,  Chetan Mehta ,  Jaya Srikrishnan

发明人： David Charles Boutcher ,  Charles Scott Graham ,  Harvey Gene Kiel ,  Chetan Mehta ,  Jaya Srikrishnan

IPC分类号： G06F3/00 ,  G06F13/12 ,  G06F9/00

CPC分类号： G06F9/5077 ,  G06F8/656

摘要： A hosting partition update mechanism allows updating the I/O capability of a logically-partitioned computer system in a way that minimally affects the performance and availability of I/O in the computer system. When an update is needed, a new hosting partition is created with the desired update(s). The I/O adapters in the current hosting partition are then migrated to the new hosting partition. The migration of an I/O adapter from the current hosting partition to the new hosting partition is relatively fast, thereby minimally impacting system performance and availability of I/O. Once all of the I/O adapters have been migrated to the new hosting partition, the current hosting partition may be kept as a backup, or may be eliminated. Providing a new or backup hosting partition allows updates to be performed in the new or backup hosting partition in a non-disruptive manner while the current hosting partition continues to service I/O requests.

摘要翻译： 主机分区更新机制允许以最小程度上影响计算机系统中I / O的性能和可用性的方式更新逻辑分区计算机系统的I / O能力。 当需要更新时，将创建一个新的托管分区，并具有所需的更新。 当前主机分区中的I / O适配器随后被迁移到新的主机分区。 将I / O适配器从当前主机分区迁移到新的主机分区相对较快，从而最小程度上影响了系统性能和I / O的可用性。 一旦所有的I / O适配器都已经迁移到新的主机分区，当前的主机分区可能会保留作为备份，或者可能被删除。 提供新的或备份的主机分区允许在新的或备份主机分区中以不间断的方式执行更新，同时当前的主机分区继续维护I / O请求。

公开(公告)号：US20080178191A1

公开(公告)日：2008-07-24

申请号：US12055922

申请日：2008-03-26

申请人： David Charles Boutcher ,  Charles Scott Graham ,  Harvey Gene Kiel ,  Chetan Mehta ,  Jaya Srikrishnan

发明人： David Charles Boutcher ,  Charles Scott Graham ,  Harvey Gene Kiel ,  Chetan Mehta ,  Jaya Srikrishnan

IPC分类号： G06F9/46 ,  G06F12/02

CPC分类号： G06F9/5077 ,  G06F8/656

摘要： A hosting partition update mechanism allows updating I/O capability of a logically-partitioned computer system in a way that minimally affects the performance and availability of I/O in the computer system. When an update is needed, a new hosting partition is created with the desired update(s). I/O adapters in the current hosting partition are then migrated to the new hosting partition. The migration of an I/O adapter from the current hosting partition to the new hosting partition is relatively fast, thereby minimally impacting system performance and availability of I/O. Once all of the I/O adapters have been migrated to the new hosting partition, the current hosting partition may be kept as a backup, or may be eliminated. Providing a new or backup hosting partition allows updates to be performed in the new or backup hosting partition in a non-disruptive manner while the current hosting partition continues to service I/O requests.

摘要翻译： 托管分区更新机制允许以最小程度上影响计算机系统中I / O性能和可用性的方式更新逻辑分区计算机系统的I / O能力。 当需要更新时，将创建一个新的托管分区，并具有所需的更新。 当前主机分区中的I / O适配器随后被迁移到新的主机分区。 将I / O适配器从当前主机分区迁移到新的主机分区相对较快，从而最小程度上影响了系统性能和I / O的可用性。 一旦所有的I / O适配器都已经迁移到新的主机分区，当前的主机分区可能会保留作为备份，或者可能被删除。 提供新的或备份的主机分区允许在新的或备份主机分区中以不间断的方式执行更新，同时当前的主机分区继续维护I / O请求。

公开(公告)号：US20080144614A1

公开(公告)日：2008-06-19

申请号：US11610638

申请日：2006-12-14

申请人： Mark Edward Fisher ,  Charles Scott Graham ,  Kris Marie Kendall ,  Thomas Rembert Sand ,  Timothy Jerry Schimke

发明人： Mark Edward Fisher ,  Charles Scott Graham ,  Kris Marie Kendall ,  Thomas Rembert Sand ,  Timothy Jerry Schimke

IPC分类号： H04L12/56

CPC分类号： H04L41/0869 ,  H04L41/12

摘要： Methods and systems for discovering whether a given connection to an InfiniBand port is a standard InfiniBand connection or a non-standard connection (e.g., indicating the presence of a proprietary device) are provided. The discovery may be performed by an end node, such that the end node interoperates with all standard InfiniBand components. Specific actions that are vendor unique, and potentially not compliant with the InfiniBand architecture, may not be done until after the discovery is complete and it has been verified that the noncompliant action will only be directed to entities know to be capable of processing them. These actions may include assuming the configuration responsibilities that would have been performed by the Subnet Manager in a standard InfiniBand network

摘要翻译： 用于发现与InfiniBand端口的给定连接是否为标准InfiniBand连接或非标准连接（例如，指示专有设备的存在）的方法和系统。 发现可以由终端节点执行，使得终端节点与所有标准InfiniBand组件互操作。 供应商唯一的，可能不符合InfiniBand体系结构的具体操作可能在发现完成后才能完成，并且已经验证了不合规的操作将仅针对知道能够处理它们的实体。 这些操作可能包括假定由Subnet Manager在标准InfiniBand网络中执行的配置职责

公开(公告)号：US07383555B2

公开(公告)日：2008-06-03

申请号：US10798914

申请日：2004-03-11

申请人： Ronald Leroy Billau ,  Charles Scott Graham ,  Harvey Gene Kiel ,  Chetan Mehta ,  Lee Anton Sendelbach ,  Jaya Srikrishnan

发明人： Ronald Leroy Billau ,  Charles Scott Graham ,  Harvey Gene Kiel ,  Chetan Mehta ,  Lee Anton Sendelbach ,  Jaya Srikrishnan

IPC分类号： G06F3/00 ,  G06F9/54 ,  G06F13/36 ,  G06F15/177

CPC分类号： G06F9/5077

摘要： An I/O adapter sharing mechanism in a logically partitioned computer system allows sharing a network I/O adapter between logical partitions in an efficient manner. A first logical partition owns (or controls) the I/O adapter, and a second logical partition desires to use (or share) the I/O adapter. An I/O adapter device driver that includes a hardware interface is provided in the first logical partition. A virtual device driver is provided in the second logical partition that provides a set of functions that is at least partially defined by querying the I/O adapter device driver in the first logical partition. The I/O adapter sharing mechanism includes a transfer mechanism that allows data to be transferred directly from the virtual device driver in the second logical partition to the I/O adapter without passing through the I/O adapter device driver in the first logical partition.

摘要翻译： 逻辑分区计算机系统中的I / O适配器共享机制允许以有效的方式在逻辑分区之间共享网络I / O适配器。 第一个逻辑分区拥有（或控制）I / O适配器，第二个逻辑分区希望使用（或共享）I / O适配器。 在第一逻辑分区中提供包含硬件接口的I / O适配器设备驱动程序。 在第二逻辑分区中提供虚拟设备驱动器，其提供至少部分地通过查询第一逻辑分区中的I / O适配器设备驱动程序定义的一组功能。 I / O适配器共享机制包括传输机制，其允许将数据直接从第二逻辑分区中的虚拟设备驱动程序传送到I / O适配器，而不通过第一逻辑分区中的I / O适配器设备驱动程序。

公开(公告)号：US07266083B2

公开(公告)日：2007-09-04

申请号：US10374651

申请日：2003-02-26

申请人： Michael Joseph Carnevale ,  Charles Scott Graham ,  Brent William Jacobs ,  Daniel Frank Moertl ,  Timothy Jerry Schimke ,  Lee Anton Sendelbach

发明人： Michael Joseph Carnevale ,  Charles Scott Graham ,  Brent William Jacobs ,  Daniel Frank Moertl ,  Timothy Jerry Schimke ,  Lee Anton Sendelbach

IPC分类号： G01R31/08

CPC分类号： H04L43/0811 ,  H04L41/0663

摘要： A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for implementing queue pair connection protection over an interconnect network, such as InfiniBand. A message packet is received for a queue pair (QP) and the QP is checked for an imminent connection failure. Responsive to identifying an imminent connection failure, a special message processing mode is established for the QP. After the special message processing mode is established, packets of the message are received without establishing a message queue entry and without storing packet data.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于在互连网络（例如InfiniBand）上实现队列对连接保护的方法，装置和计算机程序产品。 接收到队列对（QP）的消息分组，并检查QP是否即将发生连接故障。 响应于识别即将发生的连接故障，为QP建立了特殊的消息处理模式。 在建立特殊消息处理模式之后，接收到消息的报文，而不建立消息队列条目，不存储分组数据。

公开(公告)号：US07133405B2

公开(公告)日：2006-11-07

申请号：US09942747

申请日：2001-08-30

申请人： Charles Scott Graham ,  Vivek Kashyap ,  Danny Marvin Neal ,  Renato John Recio ,  Lee Anton Sendelbach

发明人： Charles Scott Graham ,  Vivek Kashyap ,  Danny Marvin Neal ,  Renato John Recio ,  Lee Anton Sendelbach

IPC分类号： H04L12/26 ,  H04L12/56

CPC分类号： H04L49/9031 ,  H04L47/50 ,  H04L47/621

摘要： An apparatus and method for an advanced multiplexing technique to allow a single host to support multiple Internet Protocol (IP) queue pairs with little or no overhead are provided. With the apparatus and method, after a queue pair is created, Internet Protocol filter attributes and values are set up for the queue pair through value added features to the standard InfiniBand “QP Modify” method. The IP filters are used during normal operations to determine which queue pair is associated with an incoming packet. During normal operations, when a channel adapter receives an Internet Protocol (IP) over InfiniBand (IB) packet, it uses one or more of several fields in the packet's transport and/or network header to determine which queue pair shall receive the packet. Thus, the host channel adapter uses the IP filters to route incoming packets to the appropriate queue pair and thereby allow more than one queue pair to be used to support IP.

公开(公告)号：US6085277A

公开(公告)日：2000-07-04

申请号：US950755

申请日：1997-10-15

申请人： Gregory Michael Nordstrom ,  Shawn Michael Lambeth ,  Paul Edward Movall ,  Daniel Frank Moertl ,  Charles Scott Graham ,  William Joseph Armstrong ,  Thomas Rembert Sand

发明人： Gregory Michael Nordstrom ,  Shawn Michael Lambeth ,  Paul Edward Movall ,  Daniel Frank Moertl ,  Charles Scott Graham ,  William Joseph Armstrong ,  Thomas Rembert Sand

IPC分类号： G06F9/46 ,  G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F9/546

摘要： An interrupt and message batching apparatus and method reduces the number and frequency of processor interrupts and resulting context switches by grouping I/O completion events together with a single processor interrupt in a manner that balances I/O operation latency requirements with processor utilization requirements to optimize overall computer system performance. The invention sends a message from a processor complex to an I/O adapter on an I/O bus commanding an I/O device connected to the I/O adapter to perform a function. Upon completion of the commanded function, the message processor in the I/O adapter generates a message and sends it to the processor complex on the I/O bus. The message is enqueued in the message queue of the memory, a message count is updated, and processor complex interrupt is signalled if and when the message count exceeds a message pacing count. A signalling timer may also be programmed with a fast response time value if the message has a relatively high latency or with a slow response time value if the message has a relatively low latency. The signalling timer is started when the message is enqueued and the processor complex interrupt is then signalled when the message count exceeds the message pacing count or when the signalling timer has elapsed.

摘要翻译： 中断和消息批处理设备和方法通过将I / O完成事件与单个处理器中断分组，以使I / O操作等待时间要求与处理器利用率要求平衡来优化，从而减少处理器中断和结果上下文切换的数量和频率 整体计算机系统性能。 本发明在I / O总线上从处理器复合体向I / O适配器发送消息，命令连接到I / O适配器的I / O设备执行功能。 完成命令功能后，I / O适配器中的消息处理器会生成一条消息，并将其发送到I / O总线上的处理器复合体。 该消息在存储器的消息队列中排队，消息计数被更新，并且当消息计数超过消息步调计数时以及何时发送处理器复杂中断。 如果消息具有相对较高的延迟，或者如果消息具有相对低的延迟，则信令定时器也可以被编程为具有快速的响应时间值。 当消息排入队列时，启动信令定时器，然后当消息计数超过消息起搏计数或信令定时器过去时，信号通知处理器复杂中断。