Patent ID: 6675222
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
In a switch connected to a source network device and one or more destination devices via associated switch interconnects, each of the switch interconnects connecting one of the destination devices and the source network device to the switch, the one or more destination devices and the source network device being connected to one another via a ring interconnect, the switch having a data buffer associated therewith, a method of storing data, comprising:receiving data from the source network device connected to the switch via the associated switch interconnect; storing the data in the data buffer; and sending a frame storage message to the source network device via the associated switch interconnect indicating that the data has been successfully stored for retrieval by one or more destination devices, thereby enabling the source network device to send a notify message to the one or more of the destination devices via the ring interconnect indicating that the data has been stored for retrieval by the one or more destination devices via an associated switch interconnect.