A method for retrieving information from a storage unit, the method
includes: receiving, by an input output memory management unit
second-level translation information representative of a partition of a
storage unit address space; receiving, by a input output memory
management unit, a direct memory access request that comprises a consumer
identifier and a second memory address that was first-level translated by
a communication circuit translation entity; performing, by the input
output memory management unit, a second-level translation of the second
memory address such as to provide a third memory address, in response to
the identity of the consumer; and accessing the storage unit using the
third memory address.