Multiple-path interface card for interfacing multiple isolated interfaces to a storage system
US6748477B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 17, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 8, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 14, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/409
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An interface card includes a plurality of data paths with each data path extending from a first connector to a second connector. The second connector for coupling to a bus backplane. One or more of the data paths include a transceiver that accesses signals in a first bus signaling type, an isolator/converter that mutually isolates the plurality of data paths and that converts signals from the first bus signaling type to a second bus signaling type, and a bridge coupled from a first data path to a second data path of the plurality of data paths. The bridge is capable of controlling communication of signals between the first data path and the second data path.
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