公开(公告)号：US11425027B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-23

申请号：US17086412

申请日：2020-11-01

Applicant: MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES TLV LTD.

Inventor： Michael Gandelman ,  Jose Yallouz ,  Lion Levi ,  Tamir Ronen ,  Aviad Levy ,  Vladimir Koushnir

IPC: H04L45/00 ,  H04L45/02 ,  H04L45/122 ,  H04L49/00

Abstract: An apparatus includes an interface and a processor. The interface communicates with a network including network elements interconnected in a Cartesian topology. The processor defines first and second groups of turns, each turn includes a hop from a previous network element to a current network element and a hop from the current network element to a next network element. Based on the turns, the processor specifies rules that when applied to packets traversing respective network elements, guarantee that no deadlock conditions occur in the network. The rules for a given network element include (i) forwarding rules to reach a given target without traversing the turns of the second group, and (ii) Virtual Lane (VL) modification rules for reassigning packets, which traverse turns of the first group and which are assigned to a first VL, to a different second VL. The processor configures the given network element with the rules.

公开(公告)号：US20220141125A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

申请号：US17086412

申请日：2020-11-01

Applicant: MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES TLV LTD.

Inventor： Michael Gandelman ,  Jose Yallouz ,  Lion Levi ,  Tamir Ronen ,  Aviad Levy ,  Vladimir Koushnir

IPC: H04L12/733 ,  H04L12/751 ,  H04L12/721 ,  H04L12/707 ,  H04L12/935

Abstract: An apparatus includes an interface and a processor. The interface communicates with a network including network elements interconnected in a Cartesian topology. The processor defines first and second groups of turns, each turn includes a hop from a previous network element to a current network element and a hop from the current network element to a next network element. Based on the turns, the processor specifies rules that when applied to packets traversing respective network elements, guarantee that no deadlock conditions occur in the network. The rules for a given network element include (i) forwarding rules to reach a given target without traversing the turns of the second group, and (ii) Virtual Lane (VL) modification rules for reassigning packets, which traverse turns of the first group and which are assigned to a first VL, to a different second VL. The processor configures the given network element with the rules.