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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2011
Applicants:
Allen E. Tracht, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Daniel J. Kolor, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
W. Leo Rollins, Cheswick, PA (US);
Inventors:
Allen E. Tracht, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Daniel J. Kolor, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
W. Leo Rollins, Cheswick, PA (US);
Assignee:
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A first device port and a second device port are connected using a first cable and a second cable. The first device port and the second device port use a divisible number of lanes, X for communication. The first cable uses X' lanes, where X′ is less than X. The second cable uses X-X′ lanes, where X-X′ is also less than X. If the first cable is disconnected or fails, then the second cable is used after a failover operation.