Operating a dual chipset network interface controller (‘NIC’) that includes a high performance media access control chipset and a low performance media access control chipset

摘要

Operating a dual chipset network interface controller (‘NIC’) that includes a high performance media access control chipset and a low performance media access control chipset, including: determining, by a NIC control module, an amount of network traffic being processed by the NIC; determining, by the NIC control module, whether the amount of network traffic being processed by the NIC exceeds a predetermined threshold; responsive to determining that the amount of network traffic being processed by the NIC exceeds a predetermined threshold, configuring, by the NIC control module, the NIC to utilize the high performance media access control chipset for data communications operations; and responsive to determining that the amount of network traffic being processed by the NIC does not exceed the predetermined threshold, configuring, by the NIC control module, the NIC to utilize the low performance media access control chipset for data communications operations.

主权项

1. A method of operating a dual chipset network interface controller (‘NIC’) that includes a high performance media access control chipset including at least one processor and an offload engine for processing of an entire protocol stack and a low performance media access control chipset including at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor of the high performance media access control chipset executes computer program instructions at a faster rate than the at least one processor of the low performance media access control chipset, the method comprising:
determining, by a NIC control module, an amount of network traffic being processed by the NIC; determining, by the NIC control module, whether the amount of network traffic being processed by the NIC exceeds a predetermined threshold; responsive to determining that the amount of network traffic being processed by the NIC exceeds a predetermined threshold, configuring, by the NIC control module, the NIC to utilize the high performance media access control chipset for data communications operations; and responsive to determining that the amount of network traffic being processed by the NIC does not exceed the predetermined threshold, configuring, by the NIC control module, the NIC to utilize the low performance media access control chipset for data communications operations.