Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer network managing
Reexamination Certificate
2007-12-11
2007-12-11
Lin, Wen-Tai (Department: 2154)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer network managing
C370S217000, C370S232000, C370S238000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10290760
ABSTRACT:
A technique is disclosed for reprovisioning an interconnect fabric design for interconnecting a plurality of network nodes. A design for the interconnect fabric specifies an arrangement of elements of the fabric and flow requirements among the network nodes. The invention programmatically reprovisions the design. This may include determining whether the flow requirements are satisfied by the design and whether the design violates constraints on the elements, such as bandwidth capacity and number of available ports. If the design does not satisfy the flow requirements, then the design is modified until the flow requirements are satisfied. Modifications are performed systematically by first attempting those that are least disruptive to the design and, then, attempting modifications that are increasingly more disruptive. As a result, the design is efficiently and cost-effectively reprovisioned to meet the flow the requirements.
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Beyer Dirk
Drew Julie Ward
O'Sullivan Michael
Shahoumian Troy Alexander
Wilkes John
Hewlett--Packard Development Company, L.P.
Lin Wen-Tai
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