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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jieming Zhu, Fremont, CA (US);
Paul Ramsay, Fremont, CA (US);
Vince Guan, Placentia, CA (US);
Kha Sin Teow, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/250 ; H04L 1/242 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/250 ; H04L 1/242 ;
Abstract
A probing device for resolving the limitations of fabric registration by providing a fabric with a system and method for concurrently probing multiple end-devices, which would otherwise be unusable to register with the fabric, to registration information. In addition, by relying upon the probing device, a fabric can avoid requiring any end-devices from having to initiate registration with the fabric.