Patent ID: 6789151
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A bus controller card for use with a backplane having a bus controller slot connected to a first bus including a first plurality of ports and a second bus including a second plurality of ports, comprising:a first backplane connector adapted for connection to a card-selectable one of the first bus and the second bus; a second backplane connector adapted for connection to the other one of the first bus and the second bus; and a first switchbox comprising a plurality of individual switches operationally connected to said first backplane connector and said second backplane connector, the individual switches including a first bus address control switch that controls addressing of the first plurality of ports on said first bus and a second bus address control switch that controls addressing of the second plurality of ports on said second bus, the first and second bus address control switches controlling addressing independent of the first and second bus connections to the first and second backplane connectors.