Patent ID: 11941301
Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 5:
6. A method as in claim 2 wherein the first storage processing circuitry includes a first central processing unit (CPU) and a first backend switch;
wherein the second storage processing circuitry includes a second CPU and a second backend switch;
wherein a set of bus expansion cables extends between a service port of the first backend switch and a service port of the second backend switch; and
wherein establishing the data pathway between the first storage processing circuitry and the second storage processing circuitry includes:
configuring the service port of the first backend switch as a downstream port that faces away from the first CPU from a perspective of the first backend switch and configuring the service port of the second backend switch as an upstream port that faces the first CPU from a perspective of the second backend switch.