Simulating a large network load
US9946819B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 6, 2015 |
| Grant date | Apr 17, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 6, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/00
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Buffer credits are starved upon a storage area network (SAN) switch. The starved buffer credit restricts a SAN switch buffer and enables a smaller load to stress the SAN switch, effectively emulating a larger load. Credit starvation may partially inhibit a SAN switch from delivering frames resulting in the filling of the SAN switch buffer and corresponding computational stress. The emulated load allows for all ports of a SAN switch to be simultaneously tested without the need or expense of a large number computing devices stressing the SAN. The SAN switch may be located within a test SAN environment or may be located in a functioning SAN environment to determine SAN bottlenecks prior to critical loading.
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