Patent · US Active

Low latency efficient sharing of resources in multi-server ecosystems

US9760513B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Sagar Borikar · San Jose, US
Prabhath Sajeepa · Milpitas, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 22, 2015
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 11, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2212/206
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving by a network element a request from a network device connected to the network element to update a shared resource maintained by the network element; subsequent to the receipt, identifying a Base Address Register Resource Table (“BRT”) element assigned to a Peripheral Component Interconnect (“PCI”) adapter of the network element associated with the network device, wherein the BRT points to the shared resource; changing an attribute of the identified BRT from read-only to read/write to enable the identified BRT to be written by the network device; and notifying the network device that the attribute of the identified BRT has been changed, thereby enabling the network device to update the shared resource via a Base Address Register (“BAR”) comprising the identified BRT.

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