Virtualization of a host computer's native I/O system architecture via the internet and LANs
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1. A computing system, comprising:
- a computing module having a host system bus configured to process data and configured to handle the data on the host system bus;
at least one native I/O module operably coupled to the computing module and including an interface adapted to exchange the data between the host system bus and at least one remote peripheral device having a peripheral bus in a message format according to a standardized motherboard architecture; and
an encapsulation module configured to encapsulate the data available to the interface according to the standardized motherboard architecture into a data message according to a first transport architecture, wherein the first transport architecture is a hardwired direct-connect, wide area network (WAN), wireless transport, or a combination thereof.
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Abstract
A hardware/software system and method that collectively enables virtualization of the host computer'"'"'s native I/O system architecture via the Internet and LANs. The invention includes a solution to the problems of the relatively narrow focus of iSCSI, the direct connect limitation of PCI Express, and the inaccessibility of PCI Express for expansion in blade architectures.
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1. A computing system, comprising:
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a computing module having a host system bus configured to process data and configured to handle the data on the host system bus; at least one native I/O module operably coupled to the computing module and including an interface adapted to exchange the data between the host system bus and at least one remote peripheral device having a peripheral bus in a message format according to a standardized motherboard architecture; and an encapsulation module configured to encapsulate the data available to the interface according to the standardized motherboard architecture into a data message according to a first transport architecture, wherein the first transport architecture is a hardwired direct-connect, wide area network (WAN), wireless transport, or a combination thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system configured to enable virtualization of a host computer'"'"'s native I/O system architecture and expansion of the system via a multiplicity of transports, comprising:
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a host bus adapter configured to encapsulate/un-encapsulate data and adapt the native I/O architecture and resources in consideration of the multiplicity of transports; a remote bus adapter configured to encapsulate/un-encapsulate data, adapt the transport and extend the native I/O system architecture to a remote backplane; a remote backplane configured to accommodate the remote bus adapter and one or more peripheral functions compatible with the native I/O system;
whereinthe host bus adapter and remote bus adapter are configured to cooperate at a plurality of network layers and mitigate the impact of introduced latency resulting from the multiplicity of transports, mitigate quality of service impacts, and handle host system timeouts. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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