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Switch module having one of 3U and 9U form factor

US7154747B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 23, 2004
Grant dateDec 26, 2006
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Expiry dateApr 13, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/409
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A switch module includes a board (114) having one of a 3U form factor and a 9U form factor, and a central switching resource (116) coupled to the board, where the central switching resource is coupled to operate a switched fabric (106) on a backplane (104), where the switched fabric operates coincident with at least one of a VMEbus network and a PCI network on the backplane.

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