| 发明名称 | Storage allocation management in switches utilizing flow control | ||
| 摘要 | A computer program product and system for managing allocation of storage in a switch utilizing flow control are provided. The switch includes a plurality of ports and an internal storage divided into a plurality of storage units. The computer program product and system provide for monitoring an average number of storage units used by each of the plurality of ports over a predetermined time period, setting a threshold for the average number of storage units used by each of the plurality of ports, and allocating one or more available storage units assigned to a first port to a second port in response to storage allocation management being enabled for the second port and the average number of storage units used by the second port exceeding the threshold for the second port. | ||
| 申请公布号 | US8898416(B2) | 申请公布日期 | 2014.11.25 |
| 申请号 | US200812145387 | 申请日期 | 2008.06.24 |
| 申请人 | International Business Machines Corporation | 发明人 | Atherton William E.;Baker Marcus A.;Kern Eric R. |
| 分类号 | G06F12/00;G06F13/38;G06F13/00;G06F13/28 | 主分类号 | G06F12/00 |
| 代理机构 | Biggers Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP | 代理人 | Lenart Edward J.;Brown Katherine S.;Biggers Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP |
| 主权项 | 1. A system for managing allocation of storage in switches utilizing flow control in which an internal storage of the switch is assigned to each port of the switch in storage units, the system comprising: a switch comprising a plurality of ports and an internal storage that is shared by the plurality of ports and is divided into a plurality of storage units, wherein each port is a physical interface to connect a computing device to the switch; and a controller in communication with the switch, the controller being operable to: periodically monitor an average number of storage units used by each of the plurality of ports over a predetermined time period, set a threshold for the average number of storage units used by each of the plurality of ports, the threshold for each port being less than or equal to a total number of storage units assigned to the respective port, and allocate one or more available storage units assigned to a first of the plurality of ports to a second of the plurality of ports in response to storage allocation management being enabled for the second port and the average number of storage units used by the second port exceeding the threshold for the second port. | ||
| 地址 | Armonk NY US | ||