METHOD FOR DATA THROUGHPUT IMPROVEMENT IN OPEN CORE PROTOCOL BASED INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS USING DYNAMICALLY SELECTABLE REDUNDANT SHARED LINK PHYSICAL PATHS

摘要

A method and apparatus for facilitating data throughput improvement in interconnect fabrics employing point-to-point links using dynamically selectable routing is disclosed. The exporter and target are operatively connected to the first and second fabrics. The first and second fabrics may include a plurality of point-to-point internal links and may be communicatively coupled to each other through a plurality of fabric-to-fabric links including first and second links from a first fabric to a second fabric do. During operation, traffic on the first fabric to fabric link is detected to determine if the link is in use, and depending on the determination, data from the initiator connected to the first fabric to the target connected to the second fabric The transmission is selectively routed through either the first or second fabric-to-fabric links.