摘要:
In a method for storing packets in a network device, a memory space spanning a plurality of external memory devices is partitioned into a plurality of multi-buffers. Each multi-buffer spans multiple memory devices in the plurality of external memory devices. Each multi-buffer is partitioned into a plurality of buffer chunks and the plurality of buffer chunks are distributed among the multiple memory devices Further, a packet is divided into one or more packet chunks including at least a first packet chunk. The one or more packet chunks are stored in one or more consecutive buffer chunks of at least a first multi-buffer of the plurality of multi-buffers.
摘要:
In a memory device having a set of memory banks to store content data, at least two requests to perform respective memory operations in a first memory bank are received during a single clock cycle. One or more of the at least two requests is blocked from accessing the first memory bank, and in response: redundancy data associated with the first memory bank and different from content data stored therein is accessed, and, without accessing the first memory bank, at least a portion of the content data stored in the first memory bank is reconstructed based on the associated redundancy data. A first memory operation is performed using the content data stored in the first memory bank, and a second memory operation is performed using content data reconstructed i) without accessing the first memory bank and ii) based on the associated redundancy data.
摘要:
In a memory device having a set of memory banks to store content data, at least two requests to perform respective memory operations in a first memory bank are received during a single clock cycle. One or more of the at least two requests is blocked from accessing the first memory bank, and in response: redundancy data associated with the first memory bank and different from content data stored therein is accessed, and, without accessing the first memory bank, at least a portion of the content data stored in the first memory bank is reconstructed based on the associated redundancy data. A first memory operation is performed using the content data stored in the first memory bank, and a second memory operation is performed using content data reconstructed i) without accessing the first memory bank and ii) based on the associated redundancy data.
摘要:
A device in a server having a processor and a storage. The device has a protocol blind network path indication unit configured to obtain an indicator corresponding to a predetermined path to a data communication unit in the network using a destination address of a received data packet, an upstream communication unit configured to transmit a network protocol blind packet including the data packet and the indicator corresponding to the predetermined data path to the data communication unit in the network, a combiner configured to bind the indicator to the data packet received by the downstream communication unit, and a protocol blind correlation storage unit configured to provide information related to target addresses and indicators corresponding to a plurality of predetermined data paths in the network. The protocol blind network path indication unit obtains the indicator corresponding to a predetermined path by accessing the protocol blind correlation structure.
摘要:
A method for processing network traffic in a modular switching device that includes a source device, a target device, and a plurality of connecting devices, includes generating a communication unit at the source device, where the communication unit is associated with a unique communication unit identifier, and where the communication unit is to be transmitted to the target device; dividing the communication unit into a plurality of transmission units, including assigning a respective position identifier to each of the plurality of transmission units, where the position identifier is indicative of a position of the transmission unit within the communication unit, and assigning the communication unit identifier to each of the plurality of transmission units; the method further comprising causing the plurality of transmission units to be transmitted in parallel to respective ones of the plurality of connecting devices, where each of the plurality of connecting devices connects the source device to the target device.
摘要:
A method of controlling a plurality of forwarding databases provided in an Ethernet bridge having a plurality of devices. The method includes aging a first set of entries in a first forwarding database maintained by a first one of the plurality of devices. The first set of entries are owned by the first one of the plurality of devices. The method also includes transmitting one or more new address messages from the first one of the plurality of devices to a second one of the plurality of devices. The method further includes aging a second set of entries in the first forwarding database. The second set of entries are owned by the second one of the plurality of devices.
摘要:
An embodiment of the present invention reduces certain memory bandwidth requirements when sending a multicast message from a network device such as a router, bridge or switch. Separate output buffers are provided for different groups of egress ports, and incoming messages are written to some or all of the output buffers. A processing determination is made as to which egress ports will forward the message. Buffers associated with non-forwarding ports are released and the message is queued at the forwarding egress ports. When the message is forwarded, data is read from the output buffers associated with the forwarding egress ports.
摘要:
Resources allocated to a group of ports include a plurality of storage regions. Each storage region includes a committed area and a shared area. A destination storage region is identified for a packet. A packet queuing engine stores the packet in the committed area of the determined destination storage region if it has a first drop precedence value, and if available storage space in the committed area exceeds a first threshold. The packet queuing engine stores the packet in the shared area of the determined destination storage region if the packet is not stored in the committed area, and if available storage space exceeds a second threshold defined by the packet's drop precedence value. If the packet is not stored either in the committed or shared area, it may be dropped.
摘要:
A plurality of forwarding devices are configured to couple to respective pluralities of ports to ingress and egress network traffic. Ones of the plurality of forwarding devices are coupled to respective forwarding databases and each one forwarding device is configured to maintain the respective forwarding database, and send messages to and receive message from other ones of the plurality of forwarding devices to synchronize the plurality of forwarding databases.
摘要:
A first network device includes a first port to provide first data traffic to a first storage area network, a second port to provide second data traffic to a local area network, and memory shared between the first port and the second port to temporarily store the first data traffic in N first buffers and the second data traffic in M second buffers. A queue control module allocates a first memory space of the N first buffers to the first port and a second memory space of the M second buffers to the second port. An adjustment module adjusts a first amount of the first memory space and a second amount of the second memory space in response to a congestion event is caused by a first data traffic. Up to all of the first memory space and the second memory space is allocated to the N first buffers.