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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2001
Julie Ann Ward, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Troy Alexander Shahoumian, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John Wilkes, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Julie Ann Ward, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Troy Alexander Shahoumian, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John Wilkes, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A technique for providing reliability to an interconnect fabric for communication among a set of nodes. Ports associated with each node are partitioned into a first set of ports and a second set of ports. A first interconnect fabric is formed among the first set of ports for each node in response to a set of flow requirements. A second interconnect fabric is formed among the second set of ports. Reliability is enhanced because, in the event of a failure of any single element of the first interconnect fabric, the flows among the nodes can still be achieved by the second interconnect fabric.