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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2001
Nam Van Nguyen, Round Rock, TX (US);
Edward Yardumian, Austin, TX (US);
Nam Van Nguyen, Round Rock, TX (US);
Edward Yardumian, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A system, method and apparatus for network computing are disclosed. According to teachings of the present disclosure, a switching appliance having redundant Fibre Channel switches and redundant power supplies is provided. Also included on the switching appliance is a user selection mechanism allowing a user to port-zone each of the switches by selecting one of a plurality of pre-programmed port-zoning configurations. The switching appliance may be further configured to indicate cabling connections to be made between the ports of the switching appliance and a plurality of computing components.