Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Shared memory area
Reexamination Certificate
2007-01-02
2007-01-02
Thai, Tuan V. (Department: 2186)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Shared memory area
C711S114000, C711S154000, C709S214000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10027330
ABSTRACT:
A system and method of storing data for use by storage operating systems in memories associated with switch ports. The data is written to a switch port memory, which is readable by all devices connected to the switch, and by all devices connected to a switching fabric containing that switch. When a device connected to the switching fabric requires the information, the device retrieves the stored information from the switch-port memory, without the need for any interaction of the device that originally wrote the data.
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Coatney Susan M.
Cesari and McKenna LLP
Network Appliance Inc.
Thai Tuan V.
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