US 12,294,522 B1
Mitigating voltage surges in a network device by controlling port bandwidths
Michael Weiner, Nes Ziona (IL); and Lavi Koch, Jerusalem (IL)
Assigned to Mellanox Technologies, Ltd, Yokneam (IL)
Filed by Mellanox Technologies, Ltd., Yokneam (IL)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/503,219.
Int. Cl. H04L 47/25 (2022.01); H04L 47/22 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 47/225 (2013.01) [H04L 47/25 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A network device, comprising:
a plurality of ports, to receive communication traffic from a plurality of processing devices;
processing circuitry, to process the communication traffic received via the ports; and
control circuitry, to:
assess one or more electrical-current consumption values associated with at least the network device; and
depending on the electrical-current consumption values, control a traffic slew-rate of the communication traffic of at least a port among the ports to remain within a specified slew-rate range, the traffic slew-rate being defined as a rate at which a bandwidth of the communication traffic received via the port changes as a function of time.