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(12) PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATION (21) Application No.1331/CHE/2011 A
(19) INDIA
(22) Date of filing of Application :18/04/2011 (43) Publication Date : 21/06/2013
(54) Title of the invention : NETWORK INTERFACE SHARING IN MULTI HOST COMPUTING SYSTEMS
(51) International classification :G06F
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(71)Name of Applicant :
1)INEDA SYSTEMS PVT. LTD
Address of Applicant :8-2-120/115/C, SUDHA ENCLAVE,
ROAD NO. 2, BANJARA HILLS, HYDERABAD - 500 034
Andhra Pradesh India
(72)Name of Inventor :
1)KANIGICHERLA, BALAJI
2)VOLETI, SIVA RAGHURAM
3)TANDABOINA, KRISHNA MOHAN
4)KOPPARAPU, SUMAN
5)BANDI, SARVESHWAR
6)HALI, KAPIL
(57) Abstract :
The present subject matter discloses methods and systems of network interface sharing in multiple host computing system (100)
running multiple operating systems. In one embodiment, the multi-host computing system (100) comprises a network interface
controller (118) configured to provide access to at least one communication network to a plurality of hosts of the multi-host
computing system (100), a device interconnect logic (DIL) unit (120), communicatively coupled to the network interface
controller (118), wherein the DIL unit (120) is configured to determine a first host, from amongst the plurality of hosts, wherein
the first host controls the network interface controller (118), and a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe)-to-PCIe
network redirection engine (134) configured to transmit data between the plurality of hosts, based in part on control signals
generated by the first host.
No. of Pages : 22 No. of Claims : 12
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