Patent ID: 8977784
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: circuitry to be comprised at least in part in a first host, the circuitry comprising a first port and a second port, the circuitry to execute, at least in part, at least one process, the at least one process to detect, at least in part, a first bandwidth condition of the first port, the at least one process to issue one or more messages to one or more mailboxes associated with the second port, in response at least in part to the first bandwidth condition, the one or more messages being to request provision of bandwidth information of the second port, the at least one process to issue one or more other messages to the one or more mailboxes to request that the first port and the second port become associated, at least in part, with each other in a port team, the second port to be in a relatively lower power state prior to being associated, at least in part, with the first port in the port team, the relatively lower power state being relative to a relatively higher power state that the second port is to be in, in response to being associated, at least in part, with the first port, the relatively lower power state comprising a sleep mode state of the second port.