SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING FINE-GRAIN FLOW CONTROL IN A NETWORK INTERFACE CONTROLLER (NIC)

    公开(公告)号:US20220217094A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-07

    申请号:US17594818

    申请日:2020-03-23

    Abstract: A network interface controller (NIC) capable of facilitating fine-grain flow control (FGFC) is provided. The NIC can be equipped with a network interface, an FGFC logic block, and a traffic management logic block. During operation, the network interface can determine that a control frame from a switch is associated with FGFC. The network interface can then identify a data flow indicated in the control frame for applying the FGFC. The FGFC logic block can insert information from the control frame into an entry of a data structure stored in the NIC. The traffic management logic block can identify the entry in the data structure based on one or more fields of a packet belonging to the flow. Subsequently, the traffic management logic block can determine whether the packet is allowed to be forwarded based on the information in the entry.

Patent Agency Ranking