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Techniques for packet management in an input/output virtualization system

  • US 9,231,864 B2
  • Filed: 03/19/2012
  • Issued: 01/05/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • one or more transceivers comprising an input/output virtualization capable adapter;

    a processor circuit coupled to the one or more transceivers; and

    a memory unit coupled to the processor circuit, the memory unit to store a packet management application operative on the processor circuit to apply packet management policies and to route packets transmitted to and from the input/output virtualization capable adapter, the packet management application comprising;

    a proxy interface upstream component operative to receive and forward a packet addressed to an input/output virtualization capable adapter destination;

    a virtual router component operative to receive the packet as forwarded by the proxy interface upstream component, the virtual router component to apply one or more packet management policies to the packet and to route the packet to the input/output virtualization capable adapter destination; and

    a proxy interface downstream component operative to receive the packet as routed by the virtual router and to transmit the packet to the input/output virtualization capable adapter destination via a layer 2 switch of an input/output virtualization capable adapter architecture.

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