发明授权
- 专利标题： Method and apparatus for managing a loop network
- 专利标题（中）： 用于管理环路网络的方法和装置
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申请号： US10150580申请日： 2002-05-17
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公开(公告)号： US07269131B2公开(公告)日： 2007-09-11
- 发明人: Paul Nicholas Cashman , Carlos Francisco Fuente
- 申请人： Paul Nicholas Cashman , Carlos Francisco Fuente
- 申请人地址： US NY Armonk
- 专利权人： International Business Machines Corporation
- 当前专利权人： International Business Machines Corporation
- 当前专利权人地址： US NY Armonk
- 代理机构： Harrington & Smith, PC
- 优先权： GB0119070.01 20010806
- 主分类号： H04L1/00
- IPC分类号： H04L1/00 ; H04L12/26
摘要：
A method and apparatus for managing a loop network, the loop network (200) including at least one loop (206, 208), a plurality of devices (210) connected to the at least one loop (206, 208) via ports (211, 212), wherein at least two of the devices are initiators (207, 209). The method includes each initiator (207, 209) sending a frame to all other initiators (207, 209) in the loop network (200) identifying any ports (211, 212) which should not be used. Each initiator (207, 209) merges the information from all other initiators (207, 209) with its own information identifying any ports (211, 212) which should not be used resulting in all the initiators (207, 209) generating a single list of ports (211, 212) to be used which is consistent across all the initiators (207, 209). Each initiator (207, 209) applies an algorithm (300) to determine a common set of ports (211, 212) to be used by all the initiators (207, 209) and to balance port accesses across the loop network (200).
公开/授权文献
- US20030033563A1 Method and apparatus for managing a loop network 公开/授权日：2003-02-13
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