发明名称 |
Power management for host bus adapters |
摘要 |
Methods and apparatus for reducing power consumption in a host bus adapter (HBA) are provided. The methods include reducing a number of active lanes in an HBA link when link traffic is low, and increasing the number of active lanes when link traffic is high. |
申请公布号 |
US8904077(B1) |
申请公布日期 |
2014.12.02 |
申请号 |
US200812111057 |
申请日期 |
2008.04.28 |
申请人 |
QLOGIC, Corporation |
发明人 |
Alston Jerald K. |
分类号 |
G06F13/40;G06F13/00;G06F15/173;G06F11/14;G06F3/06 |
主分类号 |
G06F13/40 |
代理机构 |
Klein, O'Neill & Singh, LLP |
代理人 |
Klein, O'Neill & Singh, LLP |
主权项 |
1. A method of allocating bandwidth in a link connecting an adapter with another device in a storage area network (SAN), the method comprising:
a) evaluating an input/output (I/O) request relating to a data transfer between a host system and a storage device in the SAN; b) determining an amount of data that will be transferred at a given time, including data associated with the I/O request; and c) enabling or disabling lanes of the link based on the amount of data that will be transferred at the given time, including the data associated with the I/O request; wherein when link traffic is below a first limit, a first number of lanes are enabled, and more lanes are enabled when the link traffic increases above the first limit. |
地址 |
Aliso Viejo CA US |