Patent ID: 7623538
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a physical network interface card operatively connected to a network and arranged to operatively propagate data packets from the network to a plurality of receive rings and from at least one send ring to the network; a plurality of counters disposed in the physical network interface card and each associated with one of the plurality of receive rings, the plurality of counters each arranged to maintain a count of data packets processed by an associated one of the plurality of receive rings; and a host system, operatively connected to the physical network interface card, comprising a plurality of virtual serialization queues and a plurality of virtual network interface cards operatively connected to the plurality of virtual serialization queues, wherein each of the plurality of virtual network interface cards is associated with a distinct internet protocol (IP) address, and wherein each of the plurality of virtual network interface cards is associated with at least one of the plurality of receive rings.