Patent ID: 9178815
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method implemented within a computer system having at least one host processor and having first and second Network Interface Controller (NIC) ports communicatively coupled to a physical network external to the computer system, the method comprising: receiving a Media Access Channel (MAC) frame at the first NIC port; determining the MAC frame is to be forwarded to the second NIC port; and effecting forwarding of the MAC frame from the first NIC port to the second NIC port by moving or copying data corresponding to the MAC frame from a first queue associated with the first NIC port to a second queue associated with the second NIC port, wherein determining the MAC frame is to be forwarded to the second NIC port and the moving or copying data from the first queue to the second queue are performed independent of the at least one host processor.