公开(公告)号：US09515963B2

公开(公告)日：2016-12-06

申请号：US14980995

申请日：2015-12-28

Applicant: Broadcom Corporation

Inventor： Nicholas Ilyadis ,  Ariel Hendel ,  Karagada Ramarao Kishore ,  Gregory Scherer

IPC: H04L12/50 ,  H04L12/931

CPC classification number: H04L49/35

Abstract: A universal network interface controller (UNIC) is provided for interfacing a host computer to a switch fabric, a packet network, or both. The UNIC includes encapsulation logic configured to encapsulate a CBP communication for transmission as switch fabric data on the switch fabric. Finally, the UNIC includes transmit logic configured to transmit the encapsulated CBP communication to the remote CBP device using the switch fabric.