发明名称 |
Dynamic switch cascading system. |
摘要 |
<p>A computer interconnection system provides dynamic switch cascading with a plurality of circuit switches having circuit switch ports coupled by a dynamic connection to provide a dynamically cascadable switching network having a plurality of nodes, including end point and switch nodes. Two individual circuit switches of the network are interconnected by a cross-link group of one or more links. The system transmits frame information including a source endpoint address and a destination endpoint address, each of which can be associated with an endpoint port or a cross-link group, and forms a connection between an endpoint port or a cross-link group to make a connection between a circuit switch port corresponding to a source endpoint address and a circuit switch port corresponding to the destination endpoint. The dynamic circuit switch connections, as applicable to dynamic switch cascade operation, is compatible with the ESCON I/O Interface Architecture or to a fabric node supporting the Class 1 service defined by the Fibre Channel ANSI Standard. <IMAGE></p> |
申请公布号 |
EP0649098(A2) |
申请公布日期 |
1995.04.19 |
申请号 |
EP19940114712 |
申请日期 |
1994.09.19 |
申请人 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION |
发明人 |
HOPPE, KARL H.;MCGOOGAN, LAURA H.;SKARSHINSKI, LEON;UNDERKOFFLER, MICHAEL E. |
分类号 |
G06F13/00;G06F15/173;H04L12/56;(IPC1-7):G06F15/16 |
主分类号 |
G06F13/00 |
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