Susheel K Tadikonda

US Patent:

20130138758, May 30, 2013

Filed:

Aug 9, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/200761

Inventors:

Ariel Cohen - Cupertino CA, US
Abhinav Anand - Milpitas CA, US
Pierre Aulagnier - Sunnyvale CA, US
Gerald Cheung - Palo Alto CA, US
Naveed Cochinwala - San Jose CA, US
Greg Lockwood - Redwood City CA, US
Ganesh Sundaresan - San Jose CA, US
Susheel Tadikonda - Santa Clara CA, US
Vikram Venkataraghavan - Santa Clara CA, US
Ming Wong - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/08

US Classification:

709212

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus are provided for transferring data between servers and a remote entity having multiple peripherals. Multiple servers are connected to a remote entity over an Remote Direct Memory Access capable network. The remote entity includes peripherals such as network interface cards (NICs) and host bus adapters (HBAs). Server descriptor rings and descriptors are provided to allow efficient and effective communication between the servers and the remote entity.