METHOD FOR EXPANDING A SINGLE CHASSIS NETWORK OR COMPUTING PLATFORM USING SOFT INTERCONNECTS

摘要

A system and method for expanding a chassis network using soft interconnects, including a hybrid chassis 500 comprising a first fabric card 560 comprising a first switching fabric 565, a second fabric card 570 comprising a second switching fabric 575, a first set of line cards 510-520 coupled to the first switching fabric 560 via a first set of hard connections (solid arrowheads), and coupled to an interface 576 associated with the second switching fabric 575 via a soft connection 580, and a second set of line cards 530-540 coupled to the second fabric card 570.