Multiplex communications – Pathfinding or routing – Through a circuit switch
Reexamination Certificate
2004-08-20
2008-12-02
Qureshi, Afsar M. (Department: 2616)
Multiplex communications
Pathfinding or routing
Through a circuit switch
C370S352000, C370S386000, C370S395300, C370S449000, C709S249000, C398S045000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07460527
ABSTRACT:
According to the present invention, methods and apparatus are provided to allow efficient and effective aggregation of ports into port channels in a fiber channel network. A local fiber channel switch can automatically identify compatible ports and initiate exchange sequences with a remote fiber channel switch to aggregate ports into port channels. Ports can be aggregated synchronously to allow consistent generation of port channel map tables.
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Bhandari Rajesh
Ghosh Kalyan
Jain Praveen
Nanjundaiah Prabesh Babu
Subramanian Shankar
Cisco Technology Inc.
Qureshi Afsar M.
Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP
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