In a switching device such as a network switch having multiple ports and shared buffer
memory, method and apparatus for regulating the amount of buffer memory requested by a …

(60) Provisional application No. 60/572,197, filed on May(Continued) 18, 2004, provisional
application No. 60/569,436, filed on May 7, 2004, provisional application No. Primary …

Receive Frome a FR Heade segment, wherein the address mapping cache compares a D ID
of an incoming frame in the receive segment and/or a S ID in the transmit segment; and if a …

The adaptive bandwidth throttling system implements a graceful diminution of services to the
clients by delaying a first class of services provided by a network server in response to the …

The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for generating predicted data
utilizing data gathered from por tions of one or more bit streams present in a static buffer, or …

(57) ABSTRACT A method and system for detecting congestion and over subscription in a
fiber channel switch element is provided. A counteris updated if a frame cannot be …

The adaptive bandwidth throttling system implements a graceful diminution of services to the
clients by delaying a first class of services provided by a network server in response to the …

A method for routing Fibre Channel frames in a Fibre Channel system is provided. The
method compares a cost associated with a pre-programmed preferred route when the pre …

Data communications between devices are selectively blocked and resurrected based on
error notifications. Data communications from one or more source devices to one or more …

A system and method for selecting a primary blade in a multi-module fibre channel switch
with plural blades is provided. The system includes a state machine for sending …