Patent ID: 7103041
Filing Date: 2006-09-05
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A switch comprising: a port card; a gigabit network connected to the port card, the network having gigabit transmitters and gigabit receivers that communicate with each other and have assignments between each other, the network includes a mux structure that makes the assignments between transmitters and receivers; a fabric connected to the port card through the network to send and receive stripes of fragments of packets to or from the port card, the port card, fabric and network having a plurality of modes of operation, the modes are 40 G, 80 G, 120 G, 240 G slow, 240 G fast or 480 G; and a control mechanism connected to the transmitters and receivers which changes the assignments according to the mode, the control mechanism changing the mode and reusing the transmitters and receivers.