Patent ID: 8072883
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A Internet Protocol (IP)-based network, comprising: an Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) target; an iSCSI initiator sending an iSCSI negotiation request to the iSCSI target to start negotiating a value for a given parameter; and a local acceleration device in a communication path between the iSCSI initiator and the iSCSI target, the local acceleration device intercepting the iSCSI negotiation request and negotiating the given parameter with the iSCSI initiator in place of the iSCSI target, without forwarding to the iSCSI target any iSCSI negotiation request to negotiate the given parameter; and a remote acceleration device, in a communication path between the local acceleration device and the iSCSI target, negotiating a value for the given parameter with the iSCSI target in place of the iSCSI initiator, wherein the iSCSI initiator and iSCSI target each transmits iSCSI protocol data units (PDUs) in accordance with the value each separately negotiated for the given parameter, and the local acceleration device comprises: