Patent ID: 9674303
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A machine implemented method, comprising: receiving a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection request at a target device for a TCP connection from an initiator device; accepting the TCP connection request by the target device; receiving an Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) login request by the target device from the initiator device indicating a desire to bypass TCP layer processing for the TCP connection; determining by the target device that network traffic with the initiator device is lossless and for a same traffic class; sending a login response to the initiator device indicating an agreement to bypass the TCP layer processing; transmitting frames from the initiator device using an ordering layer that bypasses TCP layer processing at the initiator device; determining by an ordering layer at the target device that the frames received from the initiator device are in order; and processing the frames using the ordering layer at the target device bypassing TCP layer processing.