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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
May. 19, 2008
Applicant:
David K. Wong, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
David K. Wong, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Force10 Networks, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04J 3/16 (2006.01); H04J 3/22 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A modular system uses point-to-point communication between field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) on a control module and each port module, respectively, to manage basic module functions, such as power, environmental monitoring, and health checks on the modules and their components. This allows a chassis to be managed without fully powering each card first, frees processors on the modules from having to perform health checks, allows dedicated resources to rapidly monitor the health of each card, and prevents one bad card from disabling management of all cards.