公开(公告)号：US20240305502A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-12

申请号：US18181523

申请日：2023-03-09

Applicant: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP

Inventor： Phillip Andrew Leech ,  Jeffrey R. Hilland ,  Clark Thomas Laughlin

IPC: H04L12/46 ,  H04L41/0806

CPC classification number: H04L12/4641 ,  H04L12/4633 ,  H04L41/0806

Abstract: As a part of a networking system, a Smart Network Interface Card (NIC)/Data Processing Unit (DPU) translation agent can be implemented by a device within a Smart NIC/DPU. The Smart NIC/DPU translation agent translates operation requests associated with a vendor-neutral API method into a vendor-specific API method, e.g., to communicate with vendor-specific firmware. The agent comprises an orchestration unit for detecting an operation request from an external entity having vendor-neutral API; and translating the operation request based upon a fabric data model; a configuration service unit for generating management commands based on the modified operation request; and a proxy service unit for receiving and translating the configuration commands to communicate with vendor-specific firmware using the vendor-specific API method.