MULTI-ROOT INPUT OUTPUT VIRTUALIZATION AWARE SWITCH

摘要

A system having a multi protocol multi-root aware (MP-MRA) switch (102) configured to route data between multiple host processors (104) and multiple I/O devices (106) is described herein. In said embodiment, the MP-MRIOV aware switch includes a switch routing module (108), at least one upstream adaptive module (110), and at least one downstream adaptive module (112). The upstream adaptive module (110) is configured to map information in a primary communication protocol to a intermediate communication protocol at which the switch routing module operates. Further, the downstream adaptive module (112) maps the intermediate communication protocol to a secondary communication protocol at which the I/O device (106) operates.