Patent ID: 6247077
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A parallel processing system, comprising:a plurality of compute nodes for executing applications;a plurality of input/output (I/O) nodes, each managing a communicatively coupled plurality of storage resources, and each I/O node projecting an image of storage objects stored on the storage resources to the compute nodes via at least one interconnect fabric providing communication between any of the compute nodes and any of the I/O nodes;wherein the I/O nodes comprise:means for generating a globally unique identification for a data object stored on the storage resource, and for binding the globally unique identification to the data object;means for exporting the globally unique identification to all of the compute nodes via the communication fabric;means for retrieving the data object from the storage resource in response to a request from the compute node transmitted over the interconnect fabric;wherein the compute nodes comprise means for creating a local entry point in the compute node for the data object based on the globally unique identification number.