Segmented fiber channel arbitrated loop and intra-loop routing system
US6947393B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 30, 2001 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 20, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/4637
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for selectively routing data within a fiber channel arbitrated loop, including an intra-loop router configured to be coupled between a first segment and a second segment of the fiber channel arbitrated loop. The intra-loop router includes a router controller configured to be coupled with the first and second segments, and a processing system coupled with the router controller. The processing system is configured to receive fiber channel frames and cause those frames to be re-transmitted onto a selected one of the first and second segments of the fiber channel arbitrated loop.
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