Patent ID: 8693476
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: an interconnect agent including, a plurality of ports coupled through point-to-point links to a plurality of agents; and first logic adapted to hold a routing table that is to include a target entry, the target entry being adapted to associate the plurality of ports, according to a preferential order, with a target agent; and routing logic adapted to route a packet destined for the target agent through a port of the plurality of ports based on the port of the plurality of ports, being a highest preference port, according to the preferential order, associated with the target agent, wherein the target agent is to be removable in response to disabling all of the plurality of ports that are associated with the target agent, wherein disabling of all the plurality of ports is to be based on receipt of completion messages associated with generated disable messages on all of the plurality of ports.