Patent ID: 8891542

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 initiating device connected to a Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) network; encoding 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 Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) network; transmitting 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 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 a transaction to said corresponding device through one or more CEE frames.