Switching system
US7313614B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 2, 2001 |
| Grant date | Dec 25, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 28, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/355
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for provided a switch system (100) having a first configurable set of processor elements (102) to process storage resource connection requests (104), a second configurable set of processor elements capable of communications with the first configurable set of processor elements (102) to receive, from the first configurable set of processor elements, storage connection requests representative of client requests, and to route the requests to at least one of the storage elements (104), and a configurable switching fabric (106) interconnected between the first and second sets of processor elements (102), for receiving at least a first storage connection request (104) from one of the first set of processor elements (102), determining an appropriate one of the second set of processors for processing the storage connection request (104), automatically configuring the storage connection request in accordance with a protocol utilized by the selected one of the second set of processors, and forwarding the storage connection request to the selected one of the second set of processors for routing to at least one of the storage elements.
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