METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT DEVICE RESOURCE SHARING IN CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS

Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for virtualizing a peripheral component interconnect, PCI, device. In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting a request for use of the PCI device; and receiving an indication of an attachment of a VM server to the VM client, the VM server being associated...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors LEMIEUX, Yves, LIU, Xu, OUNIFI, Hibat Allah, GHERBI, Abdelouahed, LI, Wubin
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 14.07.2022
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for virtualizing a peripheral component interconnect, PCI, device. In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting a request for use of the PCI device; and receiving an indication of an attachment of a VM server to the VM client, the VM server being associated with the PCI device. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request to perform at least one computing process using the PCI device; and transmitting information resulting from performance of the at least one computing process using the PCI device. In another embodiment, a method includes receiving a request to use the PCI device; selecting a VM server out of a plurality of VM servers; and transmitting an indication of an attachment of the selected VM server to a VM client, the VM server being associated with the PCI device.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201917613203