Patent ID: 7245632
Filing Date: 2007-07-17
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04L,H05K

Abstract:
1. A computer system comprising: at least one information processing module including at least one module information connection for communicating information signals; at least one switch module including at least one internal switch information connection for communicating information signals and at least one external switch information connection for connection to an external information network and at least one external storage connection for connection to external storage under an external storage channel format; and a carrier including an interconnection member for interconnecting the module information connection and the internal switch information connection; wherein the switch module includes a protocol converter operable to convert between information packets comprising packet format storage data and signals in the external storage channel format, and the at least one information processing module includes a packet format storage protocol driver operable to communicate information packets containing storage data in packet format storage data with the protocol converter.