Patent ID: 9648148
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: implementing a plurality of Service Levels (SLs) for transferring fabric packets between fabric endpoints in a fabric comprising a plurality of fabric links coupled between fabric ports of a plurality of fabric devices; assigning one or more Service Channels (SCs) to each Service Level; at each of at least a portion of the fabric ports, assigning the SCs to Virtual Lanes (VLs); and dividing each fabric packet into a plurality of flits, and effecting transfer of fabric packets between fabric endpoints by transferring the flits for the fabric packets over the fabric links using the SCs; wherein the VL used to buffer the flits for a given fabric packet to be transmitted across a given fabric link is determined based on an SC implemented for transferring the flits across the fabric link.