Patent ID: 9628370
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. Network interface circuitry configured to couple a host computer and a network, comprising: a plurality of ports configured to transmit packets to and receive packets from the network; a memory configured to facilitate receipt of data by the host, the data being at least a portion of the packets received; logic to, based on a least a portion of a packet received on one of the plurality of ports, indicate which destination of one of any one of the ports and the host to indicate as a destination of data of the packet, wherein indicating the destination as said one of said any of the ports is an indication that the data of the packet is to be transmitted back out to the network from the network interface circuitry via the indicated said port and wherein indicating the destination as the host is an indication that the data of the packet is to be provided to the host.