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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2003
Kirk Alvin Miller, San Diego, CA (US);
Prayag Bhanubhai Patel, San Diego, CA (US);
George Beshara Bendak, San Diego, CA (US);
Kenneth Yi Yun, San Diego, CA (US);
Sushil Kumar Singh, San Diego, CA (US);
Ayoob Eusoof Dooply, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael John Hellmer, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Kirk Alvin Miller, San Diego, CA (US);
Prayag Bhanubhai Patel, San Diego, CA (US);
George Beshara Bendak, San Diego, CA (US);
Kenneth Yi Yun, San Diego, CA (US);
Sushil Kumar Singh, San Diego, CA (US);
Ayoob Eusoof Dooply, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael John Hellmer, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are provided for configuring interface bandwidths in a packet communications switch fabric. The method comprises: interfacing data links with a first plurality of traffic managers (TMs); differentiating port card interface ports into a first plurality of subchannels associated with the first plurality of TMs; and, communicating packets information with the TMs at a first plurality of data rates corresponding to the first plurality of subchannels. More specifically, differentiating port card interface ports into a first plurality of subchannels associated with the first plurality of TMs includes: differentiating a second plurality of ingress data links into a third plurality of ingress subchannels associated with a third plurality of ingress traffic managers (iTMs); and, differentiating a fourth plurality of egress data links into a fifth plurality of egress subchannels associated with a fifth plurality of egress TMs (eTMs).