Patent ID: 6591309
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A host to be coupled to a cluster interconnection fabric including one or more fabric-attached I/O controllers, the host comprising:a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; one or more I/O buses to enable the processor to access one or more I/O controllers attached to the one or more I/O buses; one or more host-fabric adapters to enable the processor to access one or more fabric-attached I/O controllers attached to the cluster interconnection fabric; and an operating system including: I/O bus drivers configured to support and identify the one or more I/O controllers attached to the one or more I/O buses; and a fabric bus driver configured to present the cluster interconnection fabric as an I/O bus to the operating system, including the one or more fabric-attached I/O controllers as one or more I/O controllers attached thereto.