摘要 |
An integrated network interface device that supports data exchange in two or more high-speed network data transfer protocols that are based on different standards of network data transfer architectures, wherein an incoming data stream formatted in accordance with a particular network data transfer standard is processed into data not subject to the network data transfer standard to be output for further processing by a host. In one aspect, a network interface device is provided with a set of shared or common protocol independent physical link components that are used to identify the operating protocol of the incoming data, and a set of dynamically or statically reconfigurable, shared or common protocol independent data transfer processing components that support data exchange via the physical link components for all the supported protocols, which may include a protocol specific link interface for each supported protocol. |
申请人 |
EMULEX DESIGN & MANUFACTURING CORPORATION;JOHNSON, NEIL, JAMES;CHANG, KIWON;CLAYTON, SHAWN, ADAM |
发明人 |
JOHNSON, NEIL, JAMES;CHANG, KIWON;CLAYTON, SHAWN, ADAM |