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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1999
William P. Bunton, Pflugerville, TX (US);
David J. Garcia, Los Gatos, CA (US);
John C. Krause, Georgetown, TX (US);
William J. Watson, Austin, TX (US);
David A. Brown, Austin, TX (US);
Richard W. Cutts, Jr., Georgetown, TX (US);
Melvin Kent Benedict, Tomball, TX (US);
William P. Bunton, Pflugerville, TX (US);
David J. Garcia, Los Gatos, CA (US);
John C. Krause, Georgetown, TX (US);
William J. Watson, Austin, TX (US);
David A. Brown, Austin, TX (US);
Richard W. Cutts, Jr., Georgetown, TX (US);
Melvin Kent Benedict, Tomball, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A link extender node is used to extend links between end nodes and/or routing nodes in a system area network. A connection includes a first link, coupling an end or routing node to a local port of a first link extender, a second link coupling the remote ports of first and second link extenders, and a third link coupling the local port of the second link extender to an end or routing node. The link extender includes link exception detection logic and transmits a this link bad command on the link generating the exception and transmits an other link bad command on the link not generating the exception.