摘要:
A time domain signal filter detects a change in an input signal and replaces the input signal with an internally generated substitute signal for a filter period. The filter period is user selectable and can be set through a bit in a hardware register. After passage of the filter period, the time domain signal filter resumes direct supply of the input signal as the output signal. The time domain signal filter determines the start of the filter period by using either the falling edge or the rising edge of the clock input, whichever edge comes first after detecting the change in the input signal.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for bridging network protocols is disclosed. In one embodiment, a data frame is received and stored in a dual-port memory queue by hardware logic. An embedded processor is notified of the data frame once a programmable number of bytes of the data frame have been received and stored. Once notified, the embedded processor may then undertake to read the data frame from the memory queue while the hardware logic is still writing to the memory queue. In one embodiment, the processor may then translate the data frame's protocol and begin transmitting it out over a network connection, all while the data frame's payload is still being received.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for bridging network protocols is disclosed. In one embodiment, a data frame is received and stored in a dual-port memory queue by hardware logic. An embedded processor is notified of the data frame once a programmable number of bytes of the data frame have been received and stored. Once notified, the embedded processor may then undertake to read the data frame from the memory queue while the hardware logic is still writing to the memory queue. In one embodiment, the processor may then translate the data frame's protocol and begin transmitting it out over a network connection, all while the data frame's payload is still being received.
摘要:
A circuit collects data from a number of locations in a system memory of a personal computer, and can refetch the collected data at any time, e.g. when an adapter for transferring data between a computer bus and a peripheral bus that includes the circuit encounter an unexpected event (such as an error) in the transmission (or retransmission) of data to a first peripheral device. So the adapter simply flushes the data on encountering the unexpected event. Thereafter, the adapter switches context, to transfer data to a second peripheral device. At a later time, the circuit in the adapter refetches the flushed data, for retransmission of the data to the first peripheral device. To refetch the flushed data, the circuit does not traverse backwards through a scatter/gather data transfer pointer list (described above) that is used to collect the data from system memory. Instead, the circuit initially stores the values (collectively called “snapshot”) of signals in various registers at the time of initial receipt of the data, and at a later time loads the saved snapshot to refetch data that was flushed.
摘要:
A host adapter has receive and transmit data paths, each of which includes a buffer (formed of storage elements) for temporarily holding the data being transferred by the host adapter. The host adapter uses each of the two buffers for storing only the data being transferred in the respective direction, each independent of the other, for full-duplex data transfer therethrough. To permit parallel flow-through operation, each of the two buffers is organized into a number of fixed-sized pages that are accessible via the peripheral bus only one page at a time. To maximize bandwidth and minimize latency, during operation in any given direction of data transfer (e.g. from the computer bus to the peripheral bus or vice versa) the host adapter uses at least two pages in a data path simultaneously: one for receipt and another for transmission. Specifically, each data path uses one page to hold data that is currently being received, while using another page containing data that was previously received for simultaneous transmission from the host adapter. Each of the data paths transfers data in a continuous manner irrespective of the context (e.g. peripheral device address, or system memory address or a sequence identifier of a Fibre Channel frame) of the data. Specifically, each data path uses one page to hold data that is currently being received from one context, while using another page containing data of another context that was previously received for simultaneous transmission from the host adapter.
摘要:
Methods and apparatus for bridging network protocols are disclosed. A protocol bridge may be used to function as a target for a network processor while performing a target mode operation, while functioning as an initiator on behalf of the network processor while performing an initiator mode operation. In one embodiment, the protocol bridge determines the mode of operation based on information in a received frame's header. In another embodiment, the protocol bridge couples a Fiber Channel device to a storage processor on a packet-over-SONET network.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for bridging network protocols is disclosed. In one embodiment, a data frame is received and stored in a dual-port memory queue by hardware logic. An embedded processor is notified of the data frame once a programmable number of bytes of the data frame have been received and stored. Once notified, the embedded processor may then undertake to read the data frame from the memory queue while the hardware logic is still writing to the memory queue. In one embodiment, the processor may then translate the data frame's protocol and begin transmitting it out over a network connection, all while the data frame's payload is still being received.
摘要:
A virtualized platform includes a virtual switch connected to the virtual network interface cards (vNICs) for a group of virtual machines running the same application program that is associated with multiple software ports. A module in the virtualized platform monitors the virtual switch's receipt of a network packet that includes control information relating to the application program and its software ports. The module applies a load balancing algorithm to select a vNIC from the vNICs connected or connectable to the virtual switch, based on the rate of processing of previous network packets by each the vNICs (e.g., as measured by the size of a network packet queue). The module might also apply the load balancing algorithm to select a software port for the application. The module then causes the virtual switch to route the network packet to the selected vNIC and software port.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for bridging network protocols is disclosed. In one embodiment, a data frame is received and stored in a dual-port memory queue by hardware logic. An embedded processor is notified of the data frame once a programmable number of bytes of the data frame have been received and stored. Once notified, the embedded processor may then undertake to read the data frame from the memory queue while the hardware logic is still writing to the memory queue. In one embodiment, the processor may then translate the data frame's protocol and begin transmitting it out over a network connection, all while the data frame's payload is still being received.
摘要:
Methods and apparatus for bridging network protocols are disclosed. A protocol bridge may be used to function as a target for a network processor while performing a target mode operation, while functioning as an initiator on behalf of the network processor while performing an initiator mode operation. In one embodiment, the protocol bridge determines the mode of operation based on information in a received frame's header. In another embodiment, the protocol bridge couples a Fibre Channel device to a storage processor on a packet-over-SONET network.