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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2001
Harry V. Paul, Haddonfield, NJ (US);
Harry V. Paul, Haddonfield, NJ (US);
Computer Network Technology Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A fiber channel backplane configuration is capable of modular expansion, e.g., from 64 ports to 128 ports or 256 ports by a simple operation. The backplane includes connectors that provide permanent and jumper/vertical connections to support 64 user port switch in a single chassis. For a 128 port switch, two 64 port chassis are used. In the 128 port configuration, the connectors are configured to provide permanent and jumper/vertical connections to make intra-chassis and inter-chassis connections between the fabric switch and fabric input/output boards. Using jumper plugs, the jumper connectors provide vertical connections between the fiber input/output boards and fiber switch boards of two chassis. For a 256 port switch configuration, four 64 port chassis assemblies are used. The connectors are configured to provide each switch with permanent, vertical, horizontal, and diagonal connections to the fiber input/output boards of each of the four chassis.