Patent ID: 6145024
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An input/output data transfer system for transferring data among data processing devices and/or input/output devices, comprising:said data processing devices having channel devices and said input/output devices having port devices;an optical-fiber serial interface link connecting said data processing devices and said input/output devices;wherein said channel devices include a multiplexer channel device that multiplexes plural channel paths for an operating system using said optical fiber serial interface link, and said port devices of said input/output devices include a multiplexer port device that multiplexes plural ports of said input/output devices;whereby frame-multiplexing data transfer is performed between said multiplexer channel device and said multiplexer port device of said input/output devices on said optical fiber serial interface link selectively in one of a multiplex channel path mode and a high speed single channel path mode.