In one embodiment, a networking device receives packets of a traffic flow destined for a mobile system. The networking device sends a first flowlet of the traffic flow towards the mobile system via a first wireless access point. The networking device determines an idle time between the first flowlet and a second flowlet of the traffic flow. The networking device sends, based on the idle time, the second flowlet towards the mobile system via a second wireless access point.

In one embodiment, a networking device receives packets of a traffic flow destined for a mobile system. The networking device sends a first flowlet of the traffic flow towards the mobile system via a first wireless access point. The networking device determines an idle time between the first flowlet and a second flowlet of the traffic flow. The networking device sends, based on the idle time, the second flowlet towards the mobile system via a second wireless access point.

A virtual machine (VM) can provision a region of memory for a queue to receive packet header, packet payload, and/or descriptors from the network interface. A virtual switch can provide a routing rule to a network interface to route a received packet header, packet payload, and/or descriptors associated with the VM to the provisioned queue. A direct memory access (DMA) transfer operation can be used to copy the received packet header, packet payload, and/or descriptors associated with the VM from the network interface to the provisioned queue without copying the packet header or payload to an intermediate buffer and from the intermediate buffer to the provisioned queue. A DMA operation can be used to transfer a packet or its descriptor from the provisioned queue to the network interface for transmission.

A virtual machine (VM) can provision a region of memory for a queue to receive packet header, packet payload, and/or descriptors from the network interface. A virtual switch can provide a routing rule to a network interface to route a received packet header, packet payload, and/or descriptors associated with the VM to the provisioned queue. A direct memory access (DMA) transfer operation can be used to copy the received packet header, packet payload, and/or descriptors associated with the VM from the network interface to the provisioned queue without copying the packet header or payload to an intermediate buffer and from the intermediate buffer to the provisioned queue. A DMA operation can be used to transfer a packet or its descriptor from the provisioned queue to the network interface for transmission.

Methods and devices for processing packets with reduced data stalls are provided. The method comprises: (a) receiving a packet comprising a header portion and a payload portion, wherein the header portion is used to generate a packet header vector; (b) producing a table result by performing packet match operations, wherein the table result is generated based at least in part on the packet header vector and data stored in a match table; (c) receiving, at a match processing unit, the table result and an address of a set of instructions associated with the match table; and (d) performing, by the match processing unit, one or more actions in response to the set of instructions until completion of the instructions, wherein the one or more actions comprise modifying the header portion, updating memory based data structure or initiating an event.

A network traffic manager receives, from an ingress port in a group of ingress ports, a cell of a packet destined for an egress port. Upon determining that a number of cells of the packet stored in a buffer queue meets a threshold value, the manager checks whether the group of ingress ports has been assigned a token for the queue. Upon determining that the group of ingress ports has been assigned the token, the manager determines that other cells of the packet are stored in the buffer, and accordingly stores the received cell in the buffer, and stores linking information for the received cell in a receive context for the packet. When all cells of the packet have been received, the manager copies linking information for the packet cells to the buffer queue or a copy generator queue, and releases the token from the group of ingress ports.

A network traffic manager receives, from an ingress port in a group of ingress ports, a cell of a packet destined for an egress port. Upon determining that a number of cells of the packet stored in a buffer queue meets a threshold value, the manager checks whether the group of ingress ports has been assigned a token for the queue. Upon determining that the group of ingress ports has been assigned the token, the manager determines that other cells of the packet are stored in the buffer, and accordingly stores the received cell in the buffer, and stores linking information for the received cell in a receive context for the packet. When all cells of the packet have been received, the manager copies linking information for the packet cells to the buffer queue or a copy generator queue, and releases the token from the group of ingress ports.

Methods and systems for a networked storage environment are provided. One method includes splitting, by a first node, a payload into a plurality of data packets, each data packet having a portion of the payload indicated by an offset value indicating a position of each portion within the payload; transmitting, by the first node, the plurality of data packets to a second node using a network connection for a transaction, each data packet including a header generated by the first node having the offset value and a payload size; receiving, by the first node, a message from the second node indicating an offset value of a missing payload of a missing data packet from among the plurality of data packets; and resending, by the first node, the missing data packet and any other data packet whose offset value occurs after the offset value of the missing payload.

Apparatus and methods are disclosed for generating, sending, and receiving messages in a networked environment using autonomous (or semi-autonomous) agents. In one example of the disclosed technology, a method of collecting data from an agent executing on a host computer connected to one or more agent data consumers via a network connection includes collecting host data, the collecting occurring whether or not the agent can currently send data via the network connection. When the agent cannot send data via the network connection, the agent spools at least a portion of the collected host data in a spooler. When the agent can send data via the computer network, the agent sends at least a portion of the spooled host data to at least one of the agent data consumers.

A method and computer readable medium for identifying slow base stations and providing impact mitigation are described. In one embodiment, the method includes detecting that a first base station, using a first queue, is slow, wherein a slow base station is a base station that that cannot keep up with the rate at which a core node is generating update messages over a prolonged period; providing a slow base station queue; and moving the first base station from the first queue to the slow base station queue.