Methods and systems for using a packet processing pipeline to accelerate InfiniBand administrative operations
US11995004B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 30, 2020 |
| Grant date | May 28, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 28, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/657
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Data centers often run long lived services such as web servers that are intended to run for hours, days, or even longer before being torn down and replaced with another instance of the long-lived service. Currently, many applications are being implemented with microservice architectures that run short lived services that start up, implement an operation, and are then torn down. An aspect of starting up a service is creating administrative data structures such as InfiniBand queue pairs. A packet processing pipeline having a DMA output stage can be configured to create the administrative data structures, thereby increasing the rate at which the administrative data structures are created. As a result, services running in data centers can be started up more rapidly and efficiently.
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