Network Proxy for High-Performance, Low-Power Data Center Interconnect Fabric

摘要

A system and method are provided for network proxying. The network proxying may occur in a node of a fabric or across nodes in the fabric. In the network proxying, the node has a processor with a low power mode and the system remaps, by a management processor of the node, a port identifier for a processor that is in a low power mode to the management processor. The management processor then processes a plurality of packets that contain the port identifier for the processor that is in the low power mode to maintain a network presence of the node.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
associating a node with a node ID, wherein the node is connected to a plurality of nodes to form a switching fabric; setting up a node proxy component which indicates that the node ID is proxied to a proxy node, wherein the proxy node is configured to be a proxy for the node in response to the node being in a low power state; and receiving, by the proxy node, traffic destined for the node via the node proxy component and in response to the node being in a low power state.