The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dietmar M. Kurpanek, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Vicom Systems, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/342 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/342 ;
Abstract
A multi-port Fibre Channel controller is disclosed. Such a multi-port Fibre Channel controller includes a number of Fibre Channel ports, an interface unit coupled to each one of the Fibre Channel ports, a Fibre Channel controller, and a processor. The processor is coupled to the Fibre Channel controller, and the Fibre Channel controller is coupled to control the interface unit and coupled to the subsystem interface. Such a multi-port Fibre Channel controller may be configured as a dual-port Fibre Channel controller by, for example, employing only two Fibre Channel ports (i.e., a first Fibre Channel port and a second Fibre Channel port).