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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2006
John K. Walton, Mendon, MA (US);
Kendell Chilton, Southborough, MA (US);
John K. Walton, Mendon, MA (US);
Kendell Chilton, Southborough, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A method and structure for detecting whether the packets received by the switch are low latency packets or high bandwidth packets and routing detected low latency packets to a first one of a pair of switching structures and for high bandwidth packets to a second one of the pair of switching structures. The switch includes an output section for detecting whether a low latency packet is being received during transmission of a high bandwidth packet and, under such detected condition interrupting the transmission of the high bandwidth packet, transmitting the low latency packet, and then transmitting a remaining portion of the high bandwidth packet. The switch inserts delimiters at the start of transmission of the low latency packet and an end of transmission of the low latency packet. The transmission of the low latency packet commences immediately upon detection of such low latency packet.