Abstract: In one embodiment, an event processing system includes a clock configured to provide time values, and event processing circuitry, which is configured to generate a confidence level indicative of a degree of confidence of an accuracy of a timestamp, the timestamp being generated for an event responsively to a time value indicative of when an operation associated with the event occurred.

Abstract: A network element one or more network ports, network time circuitry and packet processing circuitry. The network ports are configured to communicate with a communication network. The network time circuitry is configured to track a network time defined in the communication network. In some embodiments the packet processing circuitry is configured to receive a definition of one or more timeslots that are synchronized to the network time, and to send outbound packets to the communication network depending on the timeslots. In some embodiments the packet processing circuitry is configured to process inbound packets, which are received from the communication network, depending on the timeslots.

Abstract: A network adapter includes a network interface, a host interface and processing circuitry. The network interface connects to a communication network for communicating with remote targets. The host interface connects to a host that accesses a Multi-Channel Send Queue (MCSQ) storing Work Requests (WRs) originating from client processes running on the host. The processing circuitry is configured to retrieve WRs from the MCSQ and distribute the WRs among multiple Send Queues (SQs) accessible by the processing circuitry.

Abstract: A network device in a communication network includes a controller and processing circuitry. The controller is configured to manage execution of an operation whose execution depends on inputs from a group of one or more work-request initiators. The processing circuitry is configured to read one or more values, which are set by the work-request initiators in one or more memory locations that are accessible to the work-request initiators and to the network device, and to trigger execution of the operation in response to verifying that the one or more values read from the one or more memory locations indicate that the work-request initiators in the group have provided the respective inputs.

Abstract: A network adapter includes a network interface, a host interface and processing circuitry. The network interface connects to a communication network for communicating with remote targets. The host interface connects to a host that accesses a Multi-Channel Send Queue (MCSQ) storing Work Requests (WRs) originating from client processes running on the host. The processing circuitry is configured to retrieve WRs from the MCSQ and distribute the WRs among multiple Send Queues (SQs) accessible by the processing circuitry.

Abstract: A method for data transfer includes transmitting a sequence of data packets from a first computer over a network to a second computer in a single RDMA data transfer transaction. Upon receipt of a second packet in the sequence without previously having received the first packet, the second computer sends a NAK packet over the network to the first computer, indicating that the first packet was not received. A retransmission mode is selected responsively to the type of the transaction, such that when the transaction is of a first type, the first packet is retransmitted from the first computer to the second computer in response to the NAK packet without retransmitting the second packet, and when the transaction is of a second type, both the first and second packets are retransmitted from the first computer to the second computer in response to the NAK packet.

Abstract: A network adapter includes a receive (Rx) pipeline, a transmit (Tx) pipeline and congestion management circuitry. The Rx pipeline is configured to receive packets sent over a network by a peer network adapter, and to process the received packets. The Tx pipeline is configured to transmit packets to the peer network adapter over the network. The congestion management circuitry is configured to receive, from the Tx pipeline and from the Rx pipeline, Congestion-Control (CC) events derived from at least some of the packets exchanged with the peer network adapter, to exchange user-programmable congestion control packets with the peer network adapter, and to mitigate a congestion affecting one or more of the packets responsively to the CC events and the user-programmable congestion control packets.

Abstract: A network adapter includes a receive (RX) pipeline, a transmit (TX) pipeline, hardware-implemented congestion-control circuitry, and a congestion-control processor. The RX pipeline is configured to receive packets from a network and process the received packets. The TX pipeline is configured to transmit packets to the network. The hardware-implemented congestion-control circuitry is configured to receive, from the TX pipeline and from the RX pipeline, Congestion-Control (CC) events derived from at least some of the packets transmitted to the network and from at least some of the packets received from the network, and to pre-process the CC events. The congestion-control processor is configured to receive the pre-processed CC events from the congestion-control circuitry, and to throttle a transmission rate of the packets transmitted to the network by the TX pipeline responsively to the pre-processed CC events.

Abstract: A network device in a communication network includes a controller and processing circuitry. The controller is configured to manage execution of an operation whose execution depends on inputs from a group of one or more work-request initiators. The processing circuitry is configured to read one or more values, which are set by the work-request initiators in one or more memory locations that are accessible to the work-request initiators and to the network device, and to trigger execution of the operation in response to verifying that the one or more values read from the one or more memory locations indicate that the work-request initiators in the group have provided the respective inputs.

Abstract: A network element one or more network ports, network time circuitry and packet processing circuitry. The network ports are configured to communicate with a communication network. The network time circuitry is configured to track a network time defined in the communication network. In some embodiments the packet processing circuitry is configured to receive a definition of one or more timeslots that are synchronized to the network time, and to send outbound packets to the communication network depending on the timeslots. In some embodiments the packet processing circuitry is configured to process inbound. packets, which are received from the communication network, depending on the timeslots.

Abstract: A method using a memory and queue handling logic, including accessing a work control structure (WCS) configured “first-in-first-out” holding work control records (WCRs) each including a field defining work to be carried out and a completion indicator indicating whether the work has completed, and initially set to indicate that the work has not completed: upon fetching a work request (WR) for execution, pushing a WCR corresponding to the WR to the WCS, and: A) inspecting the WCR at a head of the WCS, B) when the completion indicator of the WCR at the head of the WCS indicates that the unit of work associated with the WCR at the head of the WCS has been completed, popping the WCR at the head of the WCS from the WCS, and reporting completion of the WCR at the head of the WCS to a host processor, and C) iteratively performing A, B, and C.

Abstract: A network adapter includes circuitry and one or more ports. The ports connect to a communication network including multiple network elements. The circuitry accesses outbound messages that are pending to be sent over the communication network to multiple remote nodes via the ports. At least some of the outbound messages request the remote nodes to send respective amounts of data back to the network adapter. Based on the amounts of data requested by the outbound messages, the circuitry forecasts a bandwidth of inbound response traffic, which is expected to traverse a selected network element in response to the outbound messages toward the network adapter, determines a schedule for transmitting the outbound messages to the remote nodes so that the forecasted bandwidth meets a bandwidth supported by the selected network element, and transmits the outbound messages to the remote nodes in accordance with the determined schedule.

Abstract: A network adapter includes a host interface and circuitry. The host interface is configured to connect locally between the network adapter and a host via a bus. The circuitry is configured to receive from one or more source nodes, over a communication network to which the network adapter is coupled, multiple packets destined to the host, and temporarily store the received packets in a queue of the network adapter, to send the stored packets from the queue to the host over the bus, to monitor a performance attribute of the bus, and in response to detecting, based at least on the monitored performance attribute, an imminent overfilling state of the queue, send a congestion notification to at least one of the source nodes from which the received packets originated.

Abstract: A method including accessing a work control structure (WCS) configured “first-in-first-out” holding work control records (WCRs) each including a field defining work to be carried out and a completion indicator indicating whether the work has completed, and initially set to indicate that the work has not completed: upon fetching a work request (WR) for execution, pushing a WCR corresponding to the WR to the WCS, and: A) inspecting the WCR at a head of the WCS, B) when the completion indicator of the WCR at the head of the WCS indicates that the unit of work associated with the WCR at the head of the WCS has been completed, popping the WCR at the head of the WCS from the WCS, and reporting completion of the WCR at the head of the WCS to a host processor, and C) iteratively performing A, B, and C. Related apparatus and methods are also provided.

Abstract: A network adapter includes a receive (RX) pipeline, a transmit (TX) pipeline, hardware-implemented congestion-control circuitry, and a congestion-control processor. The RX pipeline is configured to receive packets from a network and process the received packets. The TX pipeline is configured to transmit packets to the network. The hardware-implemented congestion-control circuitry is configured to receive, from the TX pipeline and from the RX pipeline, Congestion-Control (CC) events derived from at least some of the packets transmitted to the network and from at least some of the packets received from the network, and to pre-process the CC events. The congestion-control processor is configured to receive the pre-processed CC events from the congestion-control circuitry, and to throttle a transmission rate of the packets transmitted to the network by the TX pipeline responsively to the pre-processed CC events.

Abstract: A system including a network interface layer, and a physical network connection configured to connect with a networking medium. The network interface layer is configured to: A) receive a plurality of user datagram protocol (UDP) message segments from the physical network connection; B) coalesce the plurality of UDP message segments into a coalesced UDP message; and C) send the coalesced UDP message to an application layer external to the system. Related apparatus and methods are also provided.

Abstract: A network adapter includes a receive (Rx) pipeline, a transmit (Tx) pipeline and congestion management circuitry. The Rx pipeline is configured to receive packets sent over a network by a peer network adapter, and to process the received packets. The Tx pipeline is configured to transmit packets to the peer network adapter over the network. The congestion management circuitry is configured to receive, from the Tx pipeline and from the Rx pipeline, Congestion-Control (CC) events derived from at least some of the packets exchanged with the peer network adapter, to exchange user-programmable congestion control packets with the peer network adapter, and to mitigate a congestion affecting one or more of the packets responsively to the CC events and the user-programmable congestion control packets.

Abstract: A method including accessing a work control structure (WCS) configured “first-in-first-out” holding work control records (WCRs) each including a field defining work to be carried out and a completion indicator indicating whether the work has completed, and initially set to indicate that the work has not completed: upon fetching a work request (WR) for execution, pushing a WCR corresponding to the WR to the WCS, and: A) inspecting the WCR at a head of the WCS, B) when the completion indicator of the WCR at the head of the WCS indicates that the unit of work associated with the WCR at the head of the WCS has been completed, popping the WCR at the head of the WCS from the WCS, and reporting completion of the WCR at the head of the WCS to a host processor, and C) iteratively performing A, B, and C. Related apparatus and methods are also provided.

Abstract: A system including a network interface layer, and a physical network connection configured to connect with a networking medium, wherein the network interface layer is configured to: A) receive a user datagram protocol (UDP) message for sending, the UDP message having a length L, and a desired maximum network message size (MSS), B) segment the UDP message in accordance with the MSS into a plurality of message segments, each message segment having a size no greater than MSS, and adjust information in each of the plurality of message segments, and C) send the plurality of message segments via the physical network connection to a networking medium. Related apparatus and methods are also provided.

Abstract: A network adapter includes a host interface and circuitry. The host interface is configured to connect locally between the network adapter and a host via a bus. The circuitry is configured to receive from one or more source nodes, over a communication network to which the network adapter is coupled, multiple packets destined to the host, and temporarily store the received packets in a queue of the network adapter, to send the stored packets from the queue to the host over the bus, to monitor a performance attribute of the bus, and in response to detecting, based at least on the monitored performance attribute, an imminent overfilling state of the queue, send a congestion notification to at least one of the source nodes from which the received packets originated.