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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2001
Stephen E. J. Papa, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Carlton G. Amdahl, Fremont, CA (US);
Michael G. Henderson, San Jose, CA (US);
Don Agneta, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Don Schiro, San Jose, CA (US);
Dennis H. Smith, Fremont, CA (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
A method of electrically coupling a central processing unit (CPU) of a network server to a plurality of network interface modules. The method comprises providing each of the plurality of network interface modules with a respective bus adapter chip to route an I/O bus having a first format from the central processing unit to a primary side of each of the plurality of bus adapter chips and routing another I/O bus of the first format from a secondary side of each of the plurality of bus adapter chips to respective ones of the network interface modules. The bus adapter chips also provide for arbitered access along the I/O buses and isolation of the CPU from electrical disruption when one of the network interface modules is removed.