<p>A system and method in accordance with the present invention allows for an adapter to be utilized in a server environment that can accommodate both a 10 G and a 1 G source utilizing the same pins. This is accomplished through the use of a high speed serializer/deserializer (high speed serdes) which can accommodate both data sources. The high speed serdes allows for the use of a relatively low reference clock speed on the NIC to provide the proper clocking of the data sources and also allows for different modes to be set to accommodate the different data sources. Finally the system allows for the adapter to use the same pins for multiple data sources.</p>
申请公布号
EP1875678(A1)
申请公布日期
2008.01.09
申请号
EP20060708770
申请日期
2006.03.15
申请人
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
发明人
BASSO, CLAUDE;CALVIGNAC, JEAN;CHANG, CHIH-JEN;VAIDHYANATHAN, NATARAJAN;DAMON, PHILIPPE;VERPLANKEN, FABRICE;VERRILLI, COLIN BEATON