Patent ID: 8990801
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A server switch integrated in a virtualized system, the server switch comprising: a plurality of first ports for coupling the switch to the virtualized system; a plurality of second ports for coupling the switch to a network; an engine to determine a selective swap of control data between the plurality of first ports and the plurality of second ports based on a direction of transfer and a quality of service assigned to a data packet; and a port swapper, coupled to the plurality of first ports, to manage the plurality of first ports, wherein each first port from the plurality of first ports is swapped out to system memory and wherein each swapped first port comprises the control data indicative of the direction of transfer of the data packet between the plurality of first ports and the plurality of second ports and the quality of service assigned to the data packet to determine a priority of the data packet.