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Sharing of host bus adapter context

US8074009B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. · US

Inventors

Michael Sean McGee · Round Rock, US
Darda Chang · Austin, US
Daniel N. Cripe · Round Rock, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 16, 2010
Grant date	Dec 6, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 16, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F13/387
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system comprises a first host bus adapter (HBA) that uses a first context to facilitate the transmission of packets through a logical connection through the first HBA. The system also comprises a second HBA and memory in which the first context is stored. The memory is accessible by both of the first and second HBAs. Upon receiving a packet associated with the logical connection, the second HBA accesses the memory to use the first context to process the packet in accordance with the first context.

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