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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2002
Applicants:
Norman C. Chou, San Jose, CA (US);
Olivier Cremel, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Norman C. Chou, San Jose, CA (US);
Olivier Cremel, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for supporting management operations associated with an interconnect device includes a port of the interconnect device to maintain authentication data that facilitates authorization of a management operation and a configuration switch coupled to the port to generate a reset signal in response to an operator's command. The port is operable to reset the authentication data upon receiving the reset signal from the configuration switch.