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Switch module

  • US 8,493,981 B2
  • Filed: 06/29/2011
  • Issued: 07/23/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A switching module to be incorporated into a closed network fabric, the switching module comprising:

  • a network fabric interface;

    a switching circuit coupled to a plurality of local network ports;

    memory to store network information, the network information including packet content type information and network topology information;

    a processing module coupled to the memory, the network fabric interface and the switching circuit, the processing module to;

    determine a priority of a received packet based, at least in part, on the packet content type information;

    determine a selected switching protocol based, at least in part, on the network topology information; and

    process the received packet based on the priority of the received packet and the selected switching protocol.

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