Data processing method for network adapter and network adapter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12014173-B2
Application number	US-202218062874-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2022
Priority date	Jun 9, 2020
Publication date	Jun 18, 2024
Grant date	Jun 18, 2024

Abstract

A data processing method for a network adapter includes the network adapter that obtains a first input/output (I/O) command. The first I/O command instructs to write data stored in a local server to at least one remote server, and the first I/O command includes address information and length information that are of the data and that are stored in the local server. The network adapter splits the data based on the address information and the length information to obtain a plurality of groups of address information and length information. The network adapter obtains, from the local server based on the groups of address information and length information, data corresponding to the groups of address information and length information, and sends the data to the at least one remote server.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method implemented by a network adapter, wherein the method comprises:
obtaining a first input/output (I/O) command instructing to write first data stored in a local server to at least one remote server, wherein the first I/O command comprises address information of the first data and length information of the first data;
splitting, based on the address information and the length information, the first data to obtain a plurality of groups of address information and length information;
obtaining, from the local server and based on the groups of address information and length information, second data corresponding to the groups of address information and length information; and
sending the second data to the at least one remote server.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising further obtaining, from a first virtual machine (VM) that is in the local server and that delivers the first I/O command and based on an identifier corresponding to the first VM, the second data.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising not storing the second data in a memory on the network adapter.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a plurality of second I/O commands; and
selecting, from the second I/O commands and based on a storage address at which the second I/O commands are stored in the remote server, the first I/O command.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising further selecting, by a hardware engine in the network adapter, the first I/O command from the second I/O commands.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, based on context information of the first I/O command, whether a plurality of pieces of the second data are all written to the at least one remote server, wherein the context information comprises a storage status of the pieces of the second data in the at least one remote server; and
sending, to the local server through an interface, an I/O write complete message when the pieces of the second data are all written to the at least one remote server.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a plurality of second I/O commands; and
selecting, from the second I/O commands and based on a storage address at which the second I/O commands are stored in a virtual machine (VM) that is in the local server and that delivers the second I/O commands, the first I/O command.

8. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the instructions that when executed by the processor further cause the network adapter to:
receive a plurality of second I/O commands; and
select, from the second I/O commands and based on a storage address at which the second I/O commands are stored in the at least one server or a virtual machine (VM) that is in the local server and that delivers the second I/O commands, the first I/O command.

9. A network adapter comprising:
a memory configured to store instructions; and
a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to cause the network adapter to:
obtain a first input/output (I/O) command instructing to write first data stored in a local server to at least one server, wherein the first I/O command comprises address information of the first data and length information of the first data;
split, based on the address information and the length information, the first data to obtain a plurality of groups of address information and length information;
obtain, from the local server based on the groups of address information and length information, second data corresponding to the groups of address information and length information; and
send the second data to the at least one server.

10. The network adapter of claim 9 , wherein a memory on the network adapter does not store the second data.

11. The network adapter of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the network adapter to further obtain, from a first virtual machine (VM) that is in the local server and that delivers the first I/O command and based on the groups of address information and length information and an identifier corresponding to the first VM, the second data.

12. The network adapter of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the network adapter to:
receive a plurality of second I/O commands; and
select, from the second I/O commands and based on a storage address at which the second I/O commands are stored in the at least one server or a virtual machine (VM) that is in the local server and that delivers the second I/O commands, the first I/O command.

13. The network adapter of claim 12 , further comprising a hardware engine coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the network adapter to select, using the hardware engine, the first I/O command.

14. The network adapter of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the network adapter to:
determine, based on context information of the first I/O command, whether a plurality of pieces of the second data are all written to the at least one server, wherein the context information comprises a storage status of the pieces of the second data in the at least one server; and
send, to the local server through an interface, an I/O write complete message when the pieces of the second data are all written to the at least one server.

15. The network adapter of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the network adapter to:
receive a plurality of second I/O commands; and
select, from the second I/O commands and based on a storage address at which the second I/O commands are stored in a virtual machine (VM) that is in the local server and that delivers the second I/O commands, the first I/O command.

16. A computer program product comprising instructions that are stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium and that when executed by a processor, causes a network adapter to:
obtain a first input/output (I/O) command instructing to write first data stored in a local server to at least one server, wherein the first I/O command comprises address information of the first data and length information of the first data;
split, based on the address information and the length information, the first data to obtain a plurality of groups of address information and length information;
obtain, from the local server based on the groups of address information and length information, second data corresponding to the groups of address information and length information; and
send the second data to the at least one server.

17. The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein a memory on the network adapter does not store the second data.

18. The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the instructions that when executed by the processor further cause the network adapter to further obtain, from a first virtual machine (VM) that is in the local server and that delivers the first I/O command and based on the groups of address information and length information and an identifier corresponding to the first VM, the second data.

19. The computer program product of claim 18 , wherein the instructions that when executed by the processor further cause the network adapter to select, using a hardware engine coupled to the processor, the first I/O command.

20. The computer program product of claim 18 , wherein the instr

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lu Shengwen
• Gissin Victor
• Li Junying

Classifications

• G06F3/0604

  Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management · CPC title

• G06F13/404

  with address mapping · CPC title

• G06F13/128

  for dedicated transfers to a network (for protocol converters G06F13/387) · CPC title

• G06F3/0671

  In-line storage system · CPC title

• G06F3/0659

  Command handling arrangements, e.g. command buffers, queues, command scheduling · CPC title