Dis-aggregated switching and protocol configurable input/output module
US12132670B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 29, 2021 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 26, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05K5/0204
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An input/output module (IOM) for use within a network storage system mounted within a rack enclosure. The IOM includes a switching component configured to provide top-of-rack (TOR) switching for data to be routed from input connectors to data storage devices within the rack enclosure. The IOM also includes a protocol interface configured to convert a protocol of the data from an input data protocol (e.g., Ethernet, Fibre Channel or InfiniBand™) to a protocol for use with the storage devices (e.g., nonvolatile memory express (NVMe) and Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe)). Among other features, the IOM allows switching to be dis-aggregated from a TOR switch and distributed throughout the data network of the rack.
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