Fibre channel switching system and method
CA 2232696 A1 · Owner: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. · Inventors: Ramsay, Paul; Banks, David C.; Stoevhase, Bent
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A modular Fibre Channel switch includes a data switching path and a message switching path to provide logical point to point connections between switch ports. The data switching path includes a bank of shared SRAM memory devices that are accessed in a time-sliced protocol by each switch port. A receiving switch port writes a data frame to the bank of shared SRAM and the transmitting switch port then reads the data frame from the shared SRAM thereby effecting the logical point to point connection. Because the switch port includes a frame logic circuit that allows for an arbitrary start of frame address, each frame can be written to the first available DRAM device thuseliminating the need to …
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- Filed March 19, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 19, 2018.
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