Patent ID: 9485168
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising: a plurality of bridge elements in communication with at least one compute node, wherein each bridge element comprises: a network adapter on an integrated circuit connecting the bridge element over a plurality of network links driven with a plurality of line drivers to a second bridge element; a temperature monitor block that monitors a temperature for each of a plurality of regions on the integrated circuit of the bridge element, wherein the plurality of regions each comprise a line driver of the plurality of line drivers; wherein the bridge element routes data received by the bridge element from a compute node over one of the plurality of network links depending on the temperature of the plurality of regions, wherein routing circuitry determines a first threshold temperature and a second threshold temperature for each of the plurality of regions corresponding to plurality of line drivers and the plurality of network links based on performance of the network link while sending data over the network link and; wherein the first threshold temperature is used re-route network traffic through an alternate network link to reduce the temperature of the network link and the second threshold temperature is used to disable the network link.