Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/ – Input/output data processing – Data transfer specifying
Reexamination Certificate
2008-02-01
2010-02-16
Peyton, Tammara (Department: 2182)
Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/
Input/output data processing
Data transfer specifying
C710S034000, C710S050000, C710S105000, C710S305000, C710S308000, C709S217000, C709S223000, C709S224000, C709S225000, C709S226000, C709S227000, C709S238000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07664892
ABSTRACT:
Provided are a method, system, and program for managing data read operations of a read command such as a read command packaged in an Internet Small Computer System Interface packet. In one embodiment, a network adapter has a microengine which obtains read target data from a cache coupled to the network adapter to respond to a read command packaged in a packet sent by an initiator over a network. If the network adapter cache does not have the target data addressed by the read command, the read command is forwarded to a target controller coupled to a storage unit to process the read command.
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Intel Corporation
Konrad Raynes & Victor LLP
Peyton Tammara
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