Inventor
HAMMONS RICHARD L
US37 patents
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BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC
23 patentsUS7194652B2Mar 20, 2007
High availability synchronization architecture
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC83 citations96
US7284236B2Oct 16, 2007
Mechanism to change firmware in a high availability single processor system
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC45 citations94
US7620742B2Nov 17, 2009
Write capture for fibre channel fabric snapshot service
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC10 citations92
US7606239B2Oct 20, 2009
Method and apparatus for providing virtual ports with attached virtual devices in a storage area network
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC22 citations92
US7707309B2Apr 27, 2010
Isolation switch for fibre channel fabrics in storage area networks
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC28 citations91
US7188237B2Mar 6, 2007
Reboot manager usable to change firmware in a high availability single processor system
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC51 citations91
US7577134B2Aug 18, 2009
Port expander for fibre channel fabrics in storage area networks
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC23 citations89
US7036013B2Apr 25, 2006
Secure distributed time service in the fabric environment
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC26 citations89
US7865627B2Jan 4, 2011
Fibre channel fabric snapshot server
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC9 citations84
US8375363B2Feb 12, 2013
Mechanism to change firmware in a high availability single processor system
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC11 citations82
US7873984B2Jan 18, 2011
Network security through configuration servers in the fabric environment
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC7 citations82
US7571261B2Aug 4, 2009
Service interface for fibre channel fabric snapshot service
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC4 citations74
US7139845B2Nov 21, 2006
Fibre channel fabric snapshot service
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC8 citations74
US8055794B2Nov 8, 2011
Isolation switch for fibre channel fabrics in storage area networks
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC4 citations72
US7243367B2Jul 10, 2007
Method and apparatus for starting up a network or fabric
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC9 citations72
US7516245B2Apr 7, 2009
Network with fibre channel fabric snapshot service
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC2 citations63
US7392328B2Jun 24, 2008
Fabric with fibre channel fabric snapshot service
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC2 citations63
US7975006B2Jul 5, 2011
Method and device for managing cluster membership by use of storage area network fabric
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC2 citations62
US7877512B2Jan 25, 2011
Isolation switch for fibre channel fabrics in storage area networks
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC3 citations61
US7187659B2Mar 6, 2007
Fibre channel switch having a push/pull method for caching remote switch information
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC5 citations60
US8050261B2Nov 1, 2011
Method and apparatus for frame redirection in a storage area network environment
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC5 citations58
US7474652B2Jan 6, 2009
Caching remote switch information in a fibre channel switch
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC0 citations50
US7433299B2Oct 7, 2008
Fault-tolerant updates to a distributed fibre channel database
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC0 citations45