摘要 |
This specification discloses a protocol agnostic networking apparatus and method of networking. The networking apparatus receives physical layer signal through a plurality of communications ports that interface with external computing systems. A crosspoint switch interconnects the communications ports with discrete reconfigurable data conduits. Each of the data conduits defines a transmission pathway between predetermined communications ports. A management module maintains the data conduits based on configuration commands received from an external computing system. The management module interfaces with the crosspoint switch to make and/or break data conduits responsive to received configuration commands. |