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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2009
Wayne A. Genetti, Sanatoga, PA (US);
Brent R. Rothermel, Pottstown, PA (US);
Vladimir Tamarkin, Huntingdon Valley, PA (US);
Wayne A. Genetti, Sanatoga, PA (US);
Brent R. Rothermel, Pottstown, PA (US);
Vladimir Tamarkin, Huntingdon Valley, PA (US);
QLOGIC, Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Abstract
System and method to configure switch systems are disclosed. A switch system includes leaf modules with internal ports and spine modules with ports. A midplane includes first layers closer to a first side, second layers closer to a second side and third layers between the first layers and the second layers. The midplane receives the leaf modules and the spine modules about both the first side and the second side. Conductors of the third layers couple internal ports of the leaf modules about one side to a port of spine modules about the other side. Conductors of the first layers couple internal ports of the leaf modules with ports of the spine modules about the first side. Conductors of the second layers couple internal ports of the leaf modules with ports of the spine modules about the second side.