US 11,991,073 B1
Dual software interfaces for multiplane devices to separate network management and communication traffic
Haggai Eran, Yokneam Ilit (IL); Inbal Gal, Ramat Gan (IL); Guy Rozenberg Kunievsky, Rehovot (IL); Jason Gunthorpe, Bedford (CA); Liran Liss, Atzmon-Segev (IL); and Vladimir Koushnir, Rishon le Zion (IL)
Assigned to MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Yokneam (IL)
Filed by MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Yokneam (IL)
Filed on May 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/200,443.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 41/044 (2022.01); H04L 45/302 (2022.01); H04L 47/2483 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 45/306 (2013.01) [H04L 41/044 (2013.01); H04L 47/2483 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A network device, comprising:
a plurality of ports to facilitate communication over a network including a plurality of planes, wherein each port in the plurality of ports communicates over a plane in the plurality of planes;
a first interface to manage the plurality of ports, wherein the first interface presents the plurality of ports as a single port to software; and
a second interface to manage the plurality of ports, wherein the second interface presents each port in the plurality of ports as a separate port to the software.