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Channel adapter with integrated switch

  • US 20040252685A1
  • Filed: 06/13/2003
  • Published: 12/16/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. Apparatus for interfacing a computing device with a network, comprising:

  • a switch, comprising a plurality of ports, including at least first and second ports; and

    an interface adapter, configured to receive data from the computing device for transmission over the network, the interface adapter comprising;

    packet generation circuitry, adapted to prepare a packet containing the data and destined to be transmitted onto the network through the second port;

    a buffer, coupled to receive and store the packet prepared by the packet generation circuitry; and

    an output interface, coupled between the buffer and the first port of the switch, and adapted to submit a notification to the first port that the packet has been prepared in the buffer, and upon receiving a response from the first port indicating that the second port is ready to transmit the packet, to convey the packet to the first port, whereupon the first port passes the packet to the second port for transmission onto the network.

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