Intermediary for storage command transfers

    公开(公告)号:US12242748B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-04

    申请号:US16909693

    申请日:2020-06-23

    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to accessing an initiator as a Non-Volatile Memory Express (NMVe) device. In some examples, the initiator is configured with an address space, configured in kernel or user space, for access by a virtualized execution environment. In some examples, the initiator to copy one or more storage access commands from the virtualized execution environment into a queue for access by a remote direct memory access (RDMA) compatible network interface. In some examples, the network interface to provide Non-Volatile Memory Express over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) compatible commands based on the one or more storage access commands to a target storage device. In some examples, the initiator is created as a mediated device in kernel space or user space of a host system. In some examples, configuration of a physical storage pool address of the target storage device for access by the virtualized execution environment occurs by receipt of the physical storage pool address in a configuration command. In some examples, configuration of the target storage device for access by the virtualized execution environment occurs by receipt of a storage pool internal NVMe Qualified Name in the configuration command.

    ARCHITECTURE FOR SMART SWITCH CENTERED NEXT GENERATION CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE

    公开(公告)号:US20210194828A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US17114304

    申请日:2020-12-07

    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for smart switch centered next generation cloud infrastructure architectures. Smart server switches are implemented in place of Top of Rack (ToR) switches and other switches in cloud infrastructure that include programmable switch chips (e.g., P4 switch chips) that are programmed via data plane runtime code executing on the switch chips to implement data plane operations in hardware in the switches. Meanwhile, control plane operations are implemented in the server switches via software executing on one or more CPUs or are implemented via servers that are coupled to the server switches. The data plane runtime code is used to forward data traffic and storage traffic in hardware via the programmable switch chips in a manner that offloads forwarding to hardware in virtualized cloud environments.

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