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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:
Oct. 12, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
William J. Mitchem, Westminster, CO (US);
Jeffrey J. Nelson, Louisville, CO (US);
Assignee:
McData Corporation, Broomfield, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/254 ; H04L 1/228 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/254 ; H04L 1/228 ;
Abstract
A central route table design in a fiber channel switch for providing one location for D_ID and exit port combinations. The fiber channel switch has a plurality of ports, each are coupled to the central route look-up table.