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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
May. 11, 2009
Kevin Kwun-nan Lin, Saratoga, CA (US);
Bipin Agarwal, San Jose, CA (US);
Marc Lavine, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rajeshekhar Murtinty, San Jose, CA (US);
Kevin Kwun-Nan Lin, Saratoga, CA (US);
Bipin Agarwal, San Jose, CA (US);
Marc Lavine, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rajeshekhar Murtinty, San Jose, CA (US);
Brocade Communication Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A stackable device having a plurality of data ports, wherein each of the data ports is capable of operating as a regular data port or a stacking port. A first set of one or more of the data ports is specified as a first flexible stacking port, and a second set of one or more of the data ports is specified as a second flexible stacking port. Each flexible stacking port can be individually configured to operate as an actual stacking port, if required by the configuration of an associated stack. If a flexible stacking port is not configured to operate as an actual stacking port, then the data port(s) included in the flexible stacking port are available to operate as regular data port(s).