RAW FABRIC INTERFACE FOR SERVER SYSTEM WITH VIRTUALIZED INTERFACES

摘要

A server system allows system's nodes to access a fabric interconnect of the server system directly, rather than via an interface that virtualizes the fabric interconnect as a network or storage interface. The server system also employs controllers to provide an interface to the fabric interconnect via a standard protocol, such as a network protocol or a storage protocol. The server system thus facilitates efficient and flexible transfer of data between the server system's nodes.

主权项

1. A server system, comprising:
a fabric interconnect to route messages formatted according to a raw fabric protocol; and a plurality of compute nodes coupled to the fabric interconnect to execute services for the server system, a respective compute node of the plurality of compute nodes comprising:
a processor to generate a first message formatted according to a first standard protocol and a second message formatted according to the raw fabric protocol;a first interface to translate the first message from the first standard protocol to the raw fabric protocol and provide the translated message to the fabric interconnect; anda second interface to provide the second message to the fabric interconnect.