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High performance crossbar switch
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Method for scoring queued frames for selective transmission through a switch
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Method and system for storing and reporting network performance metrics using histograms
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Striping data frames across parallel fibre channel links
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Method and circuit for replicating data in a fiber channel network, or the like
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Method and apparatus for implementing hunt group support for a crosspoint controller
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Interconnection architecture for managing multiple low bandwidth connections over a high bandwidth link
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Method for scoring queued frames for selective transmission through a switch
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Method and apparatus for providing optimized high speed link utilization
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Compact, shared route lookup table for a fiber channel switch
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Low latency shared memory switch architecture
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US6061358AMay 9, 2000
Data communication system utilizing a scalable, non-blocking, high bandwidth central memory controller and method
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Link incident reporting extended link service for networks
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Route lookup caching for a fiber channel switch
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Electrical terminal footprints for a printed circuit board
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Low latency shared memory switch architecture
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Automatic testing of redundant switching element and automatic switchover
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Congestion management groups
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Interconnection architecture for managing multiple low bandwidth connections over a high bandwidth link
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US6643602B2Nov 4, 2003
Automatic testing of redundant switching element and automatic switchover
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US7054312B2May 30, 2006
Multi-rate shared memory architecture for frame storage and switching
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Protocols for connecting intelligent service modules in a storage area network
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