Patent ID: 9019975
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) tunneling over Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) bus, said method comprising: initiating, by an initiating device, a command, said initiating device connected to a CEE network; encoding, by an encoding device associated with said initiating device, a CEE frame, said CEE frame comprising said command, an address of a target device, one or more initiator control signals, and an address of a CEE switch closest to said target device, said target device connected to a PCIe network; transmitting, by said initiating device, an inquiry to said CEE switch, said inquiry transmitted through said CEE frame, said CEE switch comprising an address table, said address table comprising an entry specifying a generic PCIe device, said CEE switch configured to convert said CEE frame into PCIe readable signals, said CEE switch configured to transmit said PCIe readable signals to one or more PCIe devices connected to said PCIe network; receiving, by said initiating device, a response from a corresponding device from said one or more PCIe devices, said corresponding device being associated with said address of said target device, said response indicating a PCIe acknowledgment; and based on said response, initiating, by said initiating device, a transaction to said corresponding device through one or more CEE frames.