Abstract: Techniques are described herein that can be used to process inbound network protocol units. In some implementations, the techniques may process inbound DDP segments. In some implementations, a steering tag of an inbound network protocol unit may be used to access a context accessible to a network component. In some implementations, the context may include an array useful to determine whether all segments in a group have been received by the network component. In some implementations, the segments may be stored in a first buffer and transferred to a second buffer after all segments in a group have been received.

Abstract: Input/Output (I/O) protocol operations such as iSCSI protocol operations may be selectively offloaded to an I/O protocol offload device, or retained by a host driver software. In one embodiment, iSCSI data transfer functions are offloaded to an offload device while session and connection establishing and maintenance operations are retained by host driver software. Other features are described and claimed.

Abstract: Techniques are described herein that can be used to process inbound network protocol units. In some implementations, the techniques may process inbound DDP segments. In some implementations, a steering tag of an inbound network protocol unit may be used to access a context accessible to a network component. In some implementations, the context may include an array useful to determine whether all segments in a group have been received by the network component. In some implementations, the segments may be stored in a first buffer and transferred to a second buffer after all segments in a group have been received.

Abstract: A method is provided for processing a remote request by a local processor. The method includes the steps of receiving a remote request from a remote node over a network by a remote aware software driver interface and modifying the remote request with a software converter to emulate a local request which can be processed by the local processor. The method also includes the step of verifying that the remote request can be serviced by the local processor and executing the remote request by the local processor.