Third party node initiated remote direct memory access

摘要

The present invention introduces a third party node initiated remote direct memory access scheme for transferring data from a source node to destination node. The third party node is a different node than the source node and the destination node and the data transfer is configured to occur without involvement of a source node processor and a destination node processor. One embodiment of the invention includes an initiator node and a transfer instruction. The initiator node is configured to initiate a data transfer between the source node and the destination node. The transfer instruction configured to be transmitted to either the source node or the destination node by the initiator node, and to effectuate the data transfer without involvement of a source node processor and a destination node processor.