Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

Mehrdad Hamadani

Mani Kancherla

David B Cheung

Sridhar J Devarapalli

Deepak Bansal

Sam Htin Moy

Steenivasulu Malli

Sreenivasulu Malli

A multi-processor architecture for a network device that includes a plurality of barrel cards, each including: a plurality of processors, a PCIe switch coupled to each of the plurality of processors, and packet processing logic coupled to the PCIe switch. The PCIe switch on each barrel card provides high speed flexible data paths for the transmission of incoming/outgoing packets to/from the processors on the barrel card. An external PCIe switch is commonly coupled to the PCIe switches on the barrel cards, as well as to a management processor, thereby providing high speed connections between processors on separate barrel cards, and between the management processor and the processors on the barrel cards.

Multi-processor architecture using multiple switch fabrics implementing point-to-point serial links and method of operating same

Multi-processor architecture implementing a serial switch and method of operating same

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Mehrdad Hamadani