DE69735921D1 - Vermittlungselement für Fibre-Channel unter Verwendung von verteilten Warteschlangen - Google Patents

Vermittlungselement für Fibre-Channel unter Verwendung von verteilten Warteschlangen

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DE69735921D1
DE69735921D1 DE69735921T DE69735921T DE69735921D1 DE 69735921 D1 DE69735921 D1 DE 69735921D1 DE 69735921 T DE69735921 T DE 69735921T DE 69735921 T DE69735921 T DE 69735921T DE 69735921 D1 DE69735921 D1 DE 69735921D1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L49/00—Packet switching elements
    • H04L49/60—Software-defined switches
    • H04L49/608—ATM switches adapted to switch variable length packets, e.g. IP packets
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L49/00—Packet switching elements
    • H04L49/35—Switches specially adapted for specific applications
    • H04L49/356—Switches specially adapted for specific applications for storage area networks
    • H04L49/357—Fibre channel switches
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04Q—SELECTING
    • H04Q11/00—Selecting arrangements for multiplex systems
    • H04Q11/04—Selecting arrangements for multiplex systems for time-division multiplexing
    • H04Q11/0421—Circuit arrangements therefor
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L49/00—Packet switching elements
    • H04L49/10—Packet switching elements characterised by the switching fabric construction
    • H04L49/103—Packet switching elements characterised by the switching fabric construction using a shared central buffer; using a shared memory
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L49/00—Packet switching elements
    • H04L49/35—Switches specially adapted for specific applications
    • H04L49/351—Switches specially adapted for specific applications for local area network [LAN], e.g. Ethernet switches
DE69735921T 1996-09-11 1997-09-05 Vermittlungselement für Fibre-Channel unter Verwendung von verteilten Warteschlangen Expired - Lifetime DE69735921T2 (de)

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US08/714,029 US5894481A (en) 1996-09-11 1996-09-11 Fiber channel switch employing distributed queuing

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