System and method for dynamically power and performance optimized server interconnects

摘要

A system and method for packet switching functionality focused on network aggregation that reduces size and power requirements of typical systems are provided in which the system and method also increases bandwidth and reduces latency from typical deployed systems.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a plurality of Ethernet ports; a switch having links to the Ethernet ports, wherein the switch switches traffic between the Ethernet ports over the links; and wherein the switch changes a speed of each link based on a measurement about each link, and wherein the measurement comprises an arbitration score indicative of how long a receive channel has been waiting to win arbitration of the switch.