Patents by Inventor Richard E. Pekkala
Richard E. Pekkala has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 8102843Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided that enable I/O devices to be shared among multiple operating system domains. The apparatus has a first plurality of I/O ports, a second I/O port, and core logic. The first plurality of I/O ports is coupled to a plurality of operating system domains through a PCI Express fabric. Each of the first plurality of I/O ports is configured to route PCI Express transactions between said plurality of operating system domains and the switching apparatus. The second I/O port is coupled to a first shared input/output endpoint, where the first shared input/output endpoint is configured to request/complete said PCI Express transactions for each of the plurality of operating system domains. The core logic is coupled to the first plurality of I/O ports and the second I/O port. The core logic routes the PCI Express transactions between the first plurality of I/O ports and the second I/O port.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2004Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Emulex Design and Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Christopher J. Pettey, Asif Khan, Annette Pagan, Richard E. Pekkala, Robert Haskell Utley
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Patent number: 7953074Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided that enable I/O devices to be shared among multiple operating system domains. The apparatus includes a first plurality of I/O ports, a second I/O port, and a plurality of port initialization logic elements. The first plurality of I/O ports is coupled to a plurality of operating system domains through a load-store fabric. Each of the first plurality of I/O ports routes transactions between the plurality of operating system domains and the switching apparatus. The second I/O port is coupled to a first shared input/output endpoint. The first shared input/output endpoint is configured to request/complete the transactions for each of the plurality of operating system domains. One of the plurality of port initialization logic elements is coupled to the second I/O port and remaining ones of the plurality of port initialization logic elements are each coupled to a corresponding one of the first plurality of I/O ports.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2005Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Emulex Design and Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Christopher J. Pettey, Asif Khan, Annette Pagan, Richard E. Pekkala, Robert Haskell Utley
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Patent number: 7917658Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided that enable I/O devices to be shared among multiple operating system domains. The apparatus has a first plurality of I/O ports, a second I/O port, and link training logic. The first plurality of I/O ports is coupled to a plurality of operating system domains through a load-store fabric. Each of the first plurality of I/O ports is configured to route transactions between the plurality of operating system domains and the switching apparatus. The second I/O port is coupled to a first shared input/output endpoint. The first shared input/output endpoint is configured to request/complete the transactions for each of the plurality of operating system domains. The link training logic is coupled to the second I/O port. The link training logic initializes a link between the second I/O port and the first shared input/output endpoint to support the transactions corresponding to the each of the plurality of operating system domains.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2008Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Emulex Design and Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Christopher J. Pettey, Asif Khan, Annette Pagan, Richard E. Pekkala, Robert Haskell Utley
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Patent number: 7836211Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided that enable I/O devices to be shared and/or partitioned among a plurality of operating system domains within the load-store fabric of each of the operating system domains without requiring modification to the operating system or driver software of the operating system domains. The apparatus includes sharing logic and a first shared input/output (I/O) endpoint. The sharing logic is coupled to a plurality of operating system domains through a load-store fabric. The sharing logic routes transactions between the plurality of operating system domains. The first shared input/output (I/O) endpoint is coupled to the sharing logic. The first shared I/O endpoint requests/completes the transactions for the each of said plurality of operating system domains according to a variant of a protocol that encapsulates an OS domain header within a transaction layer packet.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2004Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Emulex Design and Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Christopher J. Pettey, Asif Khan, Annette Pagan, Richard E. Pekkala, Robert Haskell Utley
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Patent number: 7782893Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for allowing I/O devices to be shared and/or partitioned among a plurality of processing complexes within the load/store fabric of each of the processing complexes without requiring modification to the operating system or driver software of the processing complexes. The apparatus and method includes a switch for selectively coupling each of the processing complexes to one or more shared I/O devices. The apparatus and method further includes placing information within packets transmitted between the switch and the I/O devices to identify which of the processing complexes the packets are associated with. The invention further includes an apparatus and method within the shared I/O devices to allow the shared I/O devices to service each of the processing complexes independently.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2006Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: NextIO Inc.Inventors: Christopher J Pettey, Asif Khan, Annette Pagan, Richard E Pekkala, Robert H Utley
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Patent number: 7706372Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for allowing I/O devices to be shared and/or partitioned among a plurality of processing complexes within the load/store fabric of each of the processing complexes without requiring modification to the operating system or driver software of the processing complexes. The apparatus and method includes a switch for selectively coupling each of the processing complexes to one or more shared I/O devices. The apparatus and method further includes placing information within packets transmitted between the switch and the I/O devices to identify which of the processing complexes the packets are associated with. The invention further includes an apparatus and method within the shared I/O devices to allow the shared I/O devices to service each of the processing complexes independently.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2006Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: NextIO Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Pettey, Asif Khan, Annette Pagan, Richard E. Pekkala, Robert Haskell Utley
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Patent number: 7698483Abstract: An apparatus has a first plurality of I/O ports, a second I/O port, and link training logic. The first plurality is coupled to a plurality of operating system domains through a load-store fabric. Each of the first plurality is configured to route transactions between the plurality of operating system domains and the switching apparatus. The second I/O port is coupled to a first shared input/output endpoint. The first shared input/output endpoint is configured to request/complete the transactions for each of the plurality of operating system domains. The link training logic is coupled to the second I/O port. The link training logic initializes a link between the second I/O port and the first shared input/output endpoint to support the transactions corresponding to the each of the plurality of operating system domains. The link is initialized in a manner that is transparent to the plurality of operating system domains.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2004Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: NextIO, Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Pettey, Asif Khan, Annette Pagan, Richard E. Pekkala, Robert Haskell Utley
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Patent number: 7620064Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for allowing I/O devices to be shared and/or partitioned among a plurality of processing complexes within the load/store fabric of each of the processing complexes without requiring modification to the operating system or driver software of the processing complexes. The apparatus and method includes a switch for selectively coupling each of the processing complexes to one or more shared I/O devices. The apparatus and method further includes placing information within packets transmitted between the switch and the I/O devices to identify which of the processing complexes the packets are associated with. The invention further includes an apparatus and method within the shared I/O devices to allow the shared I/O devices to service each of the processing complexes independently.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2005Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignee: NextIO Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Pettey, Asif Khan, Annette Pagan, Richard E. Pekkala, Robert Haskell Utley
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Patent number: 7620066Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for allowing I/O devices to be shared and/or partitioned among a plurality of processing complexes within the load/store fabric of each of the processing complexes without requiring modification to the operating system or driver software of the processing complexes. The apparatus and method includes a switch for selectively coupling each of the processing complexes to one or more shared I/O devices. The apparatus and method further includes placing information within packets transmitted between the switch and the I/O devices to identify which of the processing complexes the packets are associated with. The invention further includes an apparatus and method within the shared I/O devices to allow the shared I/O devices to service each of the processing complexes independently.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2005Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignee: NextIO Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Pettey, Asif Khan, Annette Pagan, Richard E. Pekkala, Robert Haskell Utley
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Patent number: 7457906Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for allowing I/O devices to be shared and/or partitioned among a plurality of processing complexes within the load/store fabric of each of the processing complexes without requiring modification to the operating system or driver software of the processing complexes. The apparatus and method includes a switch for selectively coupling each of the processing complexes to one or more shared I/O devices. The apparatus and method further includes placing information within packets transmitted between the switch and the I/O devices to identify which of the processing complexes the packets are associated with. The invention further includes an apparatus and method within the shared I/O devices to allow the shared I/O devices to service each of the processing complexes independently.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2004Date of Patent: November 25, 2008Assignee: NextIO, Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Pettey, Asif Khan, Annette Pagan, Richard E. Pekkala, Robert Haskell Utley
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Publication number: 20080288664Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided that enable I/O devices to be shared among multiple operating system domains. The apparatus has a first plurality of I/O ports, a second I/O port, and link training logic. The first plurality of I/O ports is coupled to a plurality of operating system domains through a load-store fabric. Each of the first plurality of I/O ports is configured to route transactions between the plurality of operating system domains and the switching apparatus. The second I/O port is coupled to a first shared input/output endpoint. The first shared input/output endpoint is configured to request/complete the transactions for each of the plurality of operating system domains. The link training logic is coupled to the second I/O port. The link training logic initializes a link between the second I/O port and the first shared input/output endpoint to support the transactions corresponding to the each of the plurality of operating system domains.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2008Publication date: November 20, 2008Applicant: NEXTIO INC.Inventors: Christopher J. Pettey, Asif Khan, Annette Pagan, Richard E. Pekkala, Robert Haskell Utley
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Patent number: 7401126Abstract: A transaction switch and integrated circuit incorporating said for switching data through a shared memory between a plurality of data interfaces that support different data protocols, namely packetized interfaces like InfiniBand and addressed data interfaces like PCI. The transaction switch also switches transactions commanding data transfers between the disparate protocol data interfaces and between those of the data interfaces having like protocols. For example, the transaction switch enables a hybrid InfiniBand channel adapter/switch to perform both InfiniBand packet to local bus protocol data transfers through the shared memory as well as InfiniBand packet switching between the multiple InfiniBand interfaces. The transactions are tailored for each interface type to include information needed by the particular interface type to perform a data transfer.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2001Date of Patent: July 15, 2008Assignee: NetEffect, Inc.Inventors: Richard E. Pekkala, Christopher J. Pettey, Lawrence H. Rubin, Shaun V. Wandler
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Patent number: 7219183Abstract: An apparatus and method for sharing I/O devices. The apparatus has a first plurality of I/O ports, a second I/O port, and core logic. The first plurality is coupled to a plurality of operating system domains through a load-store fabric. Each of the first plurality routes transactions between the operating system domains and the switching apparatus. The second I/O port is coupled to a first shared input/output endpoint. The first shared input/output endpoint requests/completes transactions for each of the plurality of operating system domains. The core logic is coupled to the first plurality of I/O ports and the second I/O port. The core logic routes the transactions between the first plurality of I/O ports and the second I/O port and associates each of the transactions with a corresponding one of the plurality of operating system domains (OSDs) by encapsulating an OS domain header within a transaction layer packet.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2004Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Assignee: Nextio, Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Pettey, Asif Khan, Annette Pagan, Richard E. Pekkala, Robert Haskell Utley
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Patent number: 7188209Abstract: An apparatus having a first plurality of I/O ports, a second I/O port, and core logic. The first plurality of I/O ports is coupled to a plurality of operating system domains (OSDs) through a load-store fabric, each routing transactions between the plurality of OSDs and the switching apparatus. The second I/O port is coupled to a first shared input/output endpoint. The first shared input/output endpoint requests/completes the transactions for each of the plurality of OSDs. The core logic is coupled to the first plurality of I/O ports and the second I/O port. The core logic routes the transactions between the first plurality of I/O ports and the second I/O port. The core logic designates a corresponding one of the plurality of OSDs according to a variant of a protocol, where the protocol provides for routing of the transactions only for a single OSD.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2004Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: Nextio, Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Pettey, Asif Khan, Annette Pagan, Richard E. Pekkala, Robert Haskell Utley
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Patent number: 7174413Abstract: A method enabling I/O devices to be shared among multiple operating system domains, including first communicating with each of the operating system domains according to a protocol that provides exclusively for a single system domain ithin the load-store fabric; and second communicating with the shared I/O endpoint according to a variant of the protocol to enable the shared I/O endpoint to associate a prescribed operation with a corresponding one of the independent operating system domains. The second communicating includes encapsulating an OS domain header within a transaction layer packet that otherwise comports with the protocol, wherein the value of the OS domain header designates the corresponding one of the operating system domains; and via core logic within a swithching apparatus, mapping the independent operating system domains to the shared I/O endpoint.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2006Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: Nextio Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Pettey, Asif Khan, Annette Pagan, Richard E. Pekkala, Robert Haskell Utley
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Patent number: 7103064Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for allowing I/O devices to be shared and/or partitioned among a plurality of processing complexes within the load/store fabric of each of the processing complexes without requiring modification to the operating system or driver software of the processing complexes. The apparatus and method includes a switch for selectively coupling each of the processing complexes to one or more shared I/O devices. The apparatus and method further includes placing information within packets transmitted between the switch and the I/O devices to identify which of the processing complexes the packets are associated with. The invention further includes an apparatus and method within the shared I/O devices to allow the shared I/O devices to service each of the processing complexes independently.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2004Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: NextIO Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Pettey, Asif Khan, Annette Pagan, Richard E. Pekkala, Robert Haskell Utley
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Patent number: 7046668Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for allowing I/O devices to be shared and/or partitioned among a plurality of processing complexes within the load/store fabric of each of the processing complexes without requiring modification to the operating system or driver software of the processing complexes. The apparatus and method includes a switch for selectively coupling each of the processing complexes to one or more shared I/O devices. The apparatus and method further includes placing information within packets transmitted between the switch and the I/O devices to identify which of the processing complexes the packets are associated with. The invention further includes an apparatus and method within the shared I/O devices to allow the shared I/O devices to service each of the processing complexes independently.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2004Date of Patent: May 16, 2006Inventors: Christopher J. Pettey, Asif Khan, Annette Pagan, Richard E. Pekkala, Robert Haskell Utley
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Publication number: 20040268015Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided that enable I/O devices to be shared among multiple operating system domains. The apparatus has a first plurality of I/O ports, a second I/O port, and core logic. The first plurality of I/O ports is coupled to a plurality of operating system domains through a PCI Express fabric. Each of the first plurality of I/O ports is configured to route PCI Express transactions between said plurality of operating system domains and the switching apparatus. The second I/O port is coupled to a first shared input/output endpoint, where the first shared input/output endpoint is configured to request/complete said PCI Express transactions for each of the plurality of operating system domains. The core logic is coupled to the first plurality of I/O ports and the second I/O port. The core logic routes the PCI Express transactions between the first plurality of I/O ports and the second I/O port.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2004Publication date: December 30, 2004Applicant: NEXTIO Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Pettey, Asif Khan, Annette Pagan, Richard E. Pekkala, Robert Haskell Utley
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Publication number: 20040260842Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided that enable I/O devices to be shared among multiple operating system domains. The apparatus has a first plurality of I/O ports, a second I/O port, and core logic. The first plurality of I/O ports is coupled to a plurality of operating system domains (OSDs) through a load-store fabric, each routing transactions between the plurality of OSDs and the switching apparatus. The second I/O port is coupled to a first shared input/output endpoint. The first shared input/output endpoint requests/completes the transactions for each of the plurality of OSDs. The core logic is coupled to the first plurality of I/O ports and the second I/O port. The core logic routes the transactions between the first plurality of I/O ports and the second I/O port. The core logic designates a corresponding one of the plurality of OSDs according to a variant of a protocol, where the protocol provides for routing of the transactions only for a single OSD.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2004Publication date: December 23, 2004Applicant: NEXTIO Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Pettey, Sif Khan, Annette Pagan, Richard E. Pekkala, Robert Haskell Utley
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Publication number: 20040210678Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided that enable I/O devices to be shared and/or partitioned among a plurality of operating system domains within the load-store fabric of each of the operating system domains without requiring modification to the operating system or driver software of the operating system domains. The apparatus includes sharing logic and a first shared input/output (I/O) endpoint. The sharing logic is coupled to a plurality of operating system domains through a load-store fabric. The sharing logic routes transactions between the plurality of operating system domains. The first shared input/output (I/O) endpoint is coupled to the sharing logic. The first shared I/O endpoint requests/completes the transactions for the each of said plurality of operating system domains.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2004Publication date: October 21, 2004Applicant: NEXTIO Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Pettey, Asif Khan, Annette Pagan, Richard E. Pekkala, Robert Haskell Utley