Patent ID: 11888763
Assignee: MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A spine switch for a network switch, the spine switch comprising:
a support board that supports at least one first switch;
a first set of connectors on a surface of the support board and at a first edge of the support board, wherein the first set of connectors detachably connect to one or more first leaf switches to communicatively couple and decouple the at least one first switch from the one or more first leaf switches; and
a second set of connectors on the surface of the support board and at a second edge of the support board opposite the first edge, wherein the second set of connectors detachably connect to one or more second leaf switches to communicatively couple and decouple the at least one first switch from the one or more second leaf switches.