Patent ID: 8213315
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method of communication, comprising: receiving, in a network interface device coupled to an initiator host, first and second requests from an initiator process running on the initiator host to transmit, respectively, first and second data to first and second target processes running respectively on different first and second target nodes, via a packet network; allocating in the network interface device a single dynamically-connected initiator context for serving both the first and second requests; transmitting from the network interface device over the packet network a first connect packet referencing the dynamically-connected (DC) initiator context and directed to the first target process so as to open a first dynamic connection with the first target process, followed by transmission of the first data over the first dynamic connection; and closing the first dynamic connection after the transmission of the first data, and transmitting a second connect packet referencing the DC initiator context and directed to the second target process so as to open a second dynamic connection with the second target process, followed by transmission of the second data over the second dynamic connection.