2 results about "Hop (networking)" patented technology

A traffic manager obtains (a) a representation of an association between a set of networking destinations and a routing option group, and (b) a policy for selecting routing options from the group for network packets. For a network packet directed to one of the destinations, the traffic manager selects one of the routing options of the group based on the policy, and causes the packet to be transmitted to the destination along a path. The path includes, as a next-hop address, a network address associated with the selected routing option.

Embodiments of the present application provide a packet forwarding method and related device, and relate to the field of network communication. A spine switch determines a sub-buffer pool in a pre-congestion state on each leaf switch according to a usage ratio of each sub-buffer pool sent by each leaf switch obtained by the spine switch, and determines a next-hop leaf switch corresponding to a to-be-forwarded packet and a traffic characteristic. The spine switch adjusts the next-hop leaf switch corresponding to the to-be-forwarded packet according to the next-hop leaf switch and the traffic characteristic, a corresponding relationship, and the sub-buffer pool in the pre-congestion state, and forwards the to-be-forwarded packet through the adjusted next-hop leaf switch. The method has universality. Through the method, the distribution of the to-be-forwarded packet on the leaf switch can be adjusted to avoid triggering the PFC mechanism due to congestion of the leaf switch, so that the throughput bandwidth of the RDMA network and the performance of networking can be improved, the computing consumption of the controller can be reduced, and the problem of packet loss can be avoided.