COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

• Main Authors: CHEN, Di, SHEN, Shengyu, XIE, Shanggang, LING, Wenkai
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English; French
• Published: 16.05.2024
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

The present application relates to a communication method and apparatus, which are used for realizing full interconnection between servers by means of a connection between a computing device in a server, which is comprised in a computing cluster, and an optical switch. The method in the present application comprises: a management device obtaining the number M of servers in a computing cluster and the number N of computing devices in each server; according to the number M of servers, determining that full interconnection between the M servers is realized, wherein the minimum number of computing devices required by each server is n, with M, N and n being positive integers; and when n is less than or equal to N, determining a connection policy between the servers when the M servers are fully interconnected; and connecting the M servers according to the determined connection policy, so that the M servers are fully interconnected. La présente demande concerne un procédé et un appareil de communication, qui sont ut