APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR REDUCING COSTS AND POWER CONSUMPTION IN NETWORK FABRICS
案件概要
発明者
Muhammad Sagarwala; Gurmeet Singh; Chi Chen Ho
IPC分類
CPC分類
A disclosed system for reducing costs and power consumption in network fabrics may include (1) a network device that is equipped with a certain number of connectors and comprises circuitry that facilitates connectivity across the connectors, (2) a set of fabric cards communicatively coupled to a first subset of the connectors, and (3) a set of inactive loopback cards communicatively coupled to a second subset of the connectors, wherein the connectors collectively facilitate connectivity from all the fabric cards and all the inactive loopback cards to the circuitry. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
原文（中国語）
A disclosed system for reducing costs and power consumption in network fabrics may include (1) a network device that is equipped with a certain number of connectors and comprises circuitry that facilitates connectivity across the connectors, (2) a set of fabric cards communicatively coupled to a first subset of the connectors, and (3) a set of inactive loopback cards communicatively coupled to a second subset of the connectors, wherein the connectors collectively facilitate connectivity from all the fabric cards and all the inactive loopback cards to the circuitry. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
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