US9483431B2 - Method and apparatus for accessing multiple storage devices from multiple
hosts without use of remote direct memory access (RDMA) - Google Patents US9483431B2 …

The two types of virtual local area networks (VLANs) may be defined: p-bits-Inferred-
scheduling class VLAN (p-VLAN); and VLAN-ID-Only-Inferred-scheduling class VLANs (v …

BACKGROUND A single physical platform may be segregated into a plu rality of virtual
networks. Here, the physical platform incor porates at least one virtual machine monitor …

Various embodiments for implementing a switched direct attached shared storage
architecture as disclosed herein include: providing a plurality of compute nodes, each …

In one aspect a system and method includes defining a set of differentiated service classes,
each differentiated service class associated with a set of per hop behaviors, and indicat ing …

A method and apparatus for priority-based flow control in an Ethernet architecture is
generally described. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a method is presented …

An example method of providing environmental services to a building includes determining
the network activity associated with a predetermined area of a building and providing …

An edge node of a communication network and method to classify incoming Ethernet traffic
based on predetermined criteria. An ingress switch is configured to receive an incoming …

This invention relates to balancing traffic loads and improving throughput in network
communication, and more particularly to a QoS (quality of service) based load-balanc ing …

The present invention is directed to the aggregation of data packets and to super packets for
transmission across a communication network. In accordance with the present invention, an …