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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
May. 31, 2002
Applicants:
Edmundo Rojas, Fort Collins, CO (US);
S. Paul Tucker, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Inventors:
Edmundo Rojas, Fort Collins, CO (US);
S. Paul Tucker, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Palau Acquisition Corporation (Delaware), Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A switch for use with an InfiniBand network. The switch includes a crossbar that redirects packet-based data based on a forwarding table. At least one port that receives data from a network and selectively transfers that data to the crossbar using a variable number of virtual lanes. A state machine controls the changing of the number of virtual lanes.