Patent ID: 8917736

Claim:
A computer system comprising: a memory; an initiating device in communication with a processor; said processor in communication with said memory, said processor comprising an instruction fetching unit for fetching instructions from memory and one or more execution units for executing fetched instructions; wherein said computer system is capable of performing a method comprising: initiating a command, said command associated with one or more initiator control signals, said one or more initiator control signals associated with said initiating device; requesting permission from an arbiter; receiving a request grant from said arbiter; based on said request grant, mapping said one or more initiator control signals, an address of a target device, and said command into a Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) control frame; based on said mapping, transmitting an inquiry to one or more devices; based on transmitting said inquiry, receiving a response from a corresponding device from said one or more devices, said corresponding device being associated with said address of said target device, said response comprising one or more target control signals associated with said corresponding device; based on said response, initiating a transaction to said corresponding device through one or more of said CEE control frames.