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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2004
Nelson Willhite, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mike Noll, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Steven Martin, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Akhil Duggal, Los Altos, CA (US);
Craig Lindberg, Nevada City, CA (US);
Thomas Carleton Jones, San Jose, CA (US);
Srinivas Komidi, San Jose, CA (US);
Nelson Willhite, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mike Noll, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Steven Martin, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Akhil Duggal, Los Altos, CA (US);
Craig Lindberg, Nevada City, CA (US);
Thomas Carleton Jones, San Jose, CA (US);
Srinivas Komidi, San Jose, CA (US);
Alcatel IP Networks, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A fabric access device having a plurality of system interfaces is disclosed. The fabric access device includes a fabric interface configured to receive data from and send data to a switch fabric and a routing circuit configured to send data received on one of the plurality of system interfaces to the switch fabric via the fabric interface. The inclusion of a plurality of system interfaces facilitates a variety of configurations that provide different levels of redundancy and optimize use of available bandwidth.