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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2002
Joseph Schaefer, Chandler, AZ (US);
David B. Minturn, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Prashant Sethi, Folsom, CA (US);
Joseph Schaefer, Chandler, AZ (US);
David B. Minturn, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Prashant Sethi, Folsom, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system having an I/O interconnect topology utilizes internal packetized communications. The system includes a host system element, a plurality of switching elements, and a root complex to bridge communications between the host system and the switching elements. The ports of at least some of the switching elements have a cross-link device associated therewith, which is a logical device defined by configuration space of the switching element. Each cross-link device defines a cross-link communication path between two switching elements of the hierarchy allowing communications between peripherals to bypass the host.