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High speed fibre channel switch element - QLOGIC, Corporation
United States Patent 8295299
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1. A Fibre Channel switch element, comprising: a plurality of ports for sending and receiving frames; wherein each port is configurable to operate at more than one operating speed and includes a receive segment for receiving frames and a transmit segment for transmitting frames; and a rate select module that receives a select speed signal from a common port of the switch element generated by firmware executed by a switch element processor, and based on the select speed signal, the rate select module provides a clock and a configuration signal to select an operating rate of a serializer/deserializer (SERDES) from among a plurality of SERDES to configure a port from among the plurality of ports to operate at a rate equal to or higher than 10 gigabits per second (“G”).
12. A Fibre Channel network, comprising: a Fibre Channel switch element including a plurality of ports for sending and receiving frames; wherein each port is configurable to operate at more than one operating speed and includes a receive segment for receiving frames and a transmit segment for transmitting frames; and a rate select module that receives a select speed signal from a common port of the switch element generated by firmware executed by a switch element processor, and based on the select speed signal, the rate select module provides a clock and a configuration signal to select an operating rate of a serializer/deserializer (SERDES) from among a plurality of SERDES to configure a port from among the plurality of ports to operate at a rate equal to or higher than 10 gigabits per second (“G”).
23. A switch element, comprising: a plurality of ports for sending and receiving frames; wherein each port is configurable to operate at more than one operating speed and includes a receive segment for receiving frames and a transmit segment for transmitting frames; and a rate select module that receives a select speed signal from a common port of the switch element generated by firmware executed by a switch element processor, and based on the select speed signal, the rate select module provides a clock and a configuration signal to select an operating rate of a serializer/deserializer (SERDES) from among a plurality of SERDES to configure a port from among the plurality of ports to operate at a rate equal to or higher than 10 gigabits per second (“G”).
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