Abstract: A computer device in a network receives data units sent by a remote computer device over a network link in a sequenced order. A traffic monitor evaluates traffic on the network link, and selectively sends congestion notifications in response to determining that certain data units sent by the remote computer device have been received or will likely be received out of the sequenced order. The notifications cause the remote computer device to pause sending further data units. An ingress processor, separate from a central processing unit (CPU) of the computer device, detects a header segment of a received data unit and a corresponding payload segment of the received data unit. A storage controller stores the header segment of the received data unit in a first memory location, and stores the payload segment of the received data unit in a second memory location separate from the first memory location. The second memory location corresponds to a next location in a storage queue.

Abstract: A computer device in a network receives data units sent by a remote computer device over a network link in a sequenced order. A traffic monitor evaluates traffic on the network link, and selectively sends congestion notifications in response to determining that certain data units sent by the remote computer device have been received or will likely be received out of the sequenced order. The notifications cause the remote computer device to pause sending further data units. An ingress processor, separate from a central processing unit (CPU) of the computer device, detects a header segment of a received data unit and a corresponding payload segment of the received data unit. A storage controller stores the header segment of the received data unit in a first memory location, and stores the payload segment of the received data unit in a second memory location separate from the first memory location. The second memory location corresponds to a next location in a storage queue.