公开(公告)号：US20060072545A1

公开(公告)日：2006-04-06

申请号：US10947972

申请日：2004-09-23

申请人： Robert Tufford ,  Jeffrey Harris ,  Douglas Sandy

发明人： Robert Tufford ,  Jeffrey Harris ,  Douglas Sandy

IPC分类号： H04L12/66

CPC分类号： G06F13/4081

摘要： A payload module (202) includes a payload subunit (212) coupled to the payload module, where the payload module has one of a 3U form factor, a 6U form factor and a 9U form factor. At least one multi-gigabit connector (218) is coupled to a rear edge (219) of the payload module and to the payload subunit, where the at least one multi-gigabit connector is coupled to communicatively interface the payload subunit to a backplane (204), where the backplane includes a switched fabric (206) coincident with at least one of a VMEbus network and a PCI network, and where the switched fabric and at least one of the VMEbus network and the PCI network are communicatively coupled with the payload subunit through the at least one multi-gigabit connector. A payload module power connector (242) includes a plurality of pins (243), where at least one of the plurality of pins has a length different from a remaining portion of the plurality of pins such that power between a main power bus (207) on the backplane and a payload module power bus (240) on the payload module is at least one of applied and removed, in a smooth and gradually ramped fashion over a time period (302, 304), where power and any concurrent data operations on the backplane remain uninterrupted and unaffected during the at least one of applying and removing power between the main power bus and the payload module power bus.

摘要翻译： 有效载荷模块（202）包括耦合到有效载荷模块的有效载荷子单元（212），其中有效负载模块具有3U形状因子，6U形状因子和9U形状因子之一。 至少一个多吉比特连接器（218）耦合到有效载荷模块的后边缘（219）和有效载荷子单元，其中至少一个多吉比特连接器被耦合以将有效载荷子单元通信地接口到背板（ 204），其中背板包括与VMEbus网络和PCI网络中的至少一个一致的交换结构（206），并且其中交换结构和至少一个VMEbus网络和PCI网络与有效载荷通信耦合 子单元通过至少一个多千兆位连接器。 有效载荷模块电源连接器（242）包括多个引脚（243），其中多个引脚中的至少一个引脚具有与多个引脚的剩余部分不同的长度，使得主电源总线（207） 并且在有效载荷模块上的有效载荷模块电力总线（240）是在一段时间（302,304）内以平滑和逐渐斜坡的方式施加和移除的至少一个，其中功率和任何并发数据操作在 在主电源总线和有效载荷模块电源总线之间的施加和移除电源中的至少一个中，背板保持不间断并且不受影响。

公开(公告)号：US20060036794A1

公开(公告)日：2006-02-16

申请号：US10917091

申请日：2004-08-12

申请人： Douglas Sandy ,  Jeffrey Harris ,  Robert Tufford

发明人： Douglas Sandy ,  Jeffrey Harris ,  Robert Tufford

IPC分类号： G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F13/409

摘要： A hot-swappable power module (414) includes a power supply (540) and a switched fabric connector (527) coupled to communicatively interface with a switched fabric (406), where the switched fabric operates concurrently with a VMEbus network (408) on a backplane (404) of a computer chassis (412), where the hot-swappable power module is coupled to interface with and supply power to the computer chassis, where the hot-swappable power module has a 3U form factor (529), and where at least one of coupling and decoupling the hot swappable power module to the computer chassis fails to disrupt power to the computer chassis. Hot-swappable power module (414) can also include a switched fabric data unit (542) coupled to the power supply and the switched fabric connector, wherein the switched fabric data unit is coupled to communicate with the switched fabric.

摘要翻译： 热插拔电源模块（414）包括电源（540）和耦合到与交换结构（406）通信地接口的交换式结构连接器（527），其中交换结构与VMEbus网络（408）同时运行 计算机机箱（412）的背板（404），其中所述热插拔电源模块耦合到与所述热插拔电源模块具有3U外形尺寸（529）的所述计算机机箱的接口并向所述计算机机箱供电，以及 其中至少一个将热插拔电源模块耦合到电脑机箱并将其解耦不能中断计算机机箱的电源。 热插拔电源模块（414）还可以包括耦合到电源和交换结构连接器的交换结构数据单元（542），其中交换结构数据单元被耦合以与交换结构通信。

公开(公告)号：US20060126612A1

公开(公告)日：2006-06-15

申请号：US10996983

申请日：2004-11-23

申请人： Douglas Sandy ,  Jeffrey Harris ,  Robert Tufford

发明人： Douglas Sandy ,  Jeffrey Harris ,  Robert Tufford

IPC分类号： H04L12/56 ,  H04J3/16

CPC分类号： H04L69/16 ,  H04L69/169

摘要： In a computer network (100), a method transporting a PCI Express packet (235) from an initiator PCI Express node (202) over an IP packet network (210) to a receiver PCI Express node (204), can include the initiator PCI Express node creating the PCI Express packet and reading a global PCI Express destination address (352) of the PCI Express packet. The initiator PCI Express node can map the global PCI Express destination address to a receiver PCI Express node IP address (242). The PCI Express packet can be encapsulated in an IP packet (236). The IP packet with the encapsulated PCI Express packet can be communicated over an IP packet network (210) to receiver PCI Express node.

摘要翻译： 在计算机网络（100）中，通过IP分组网络（210）将PCI Express分组（235）从发起者PCI Express节点（202）传送到接收机PCI Express节点（204）的方法可以包括发起者PCI Express节点创建PCI Express数据包并读取PCI Express数据包的全局PCI Express目标地址（352）。 启动器PCI Express节点可以将全局PCI Express目标地址映射到接收器PCI Express节点IP地址（242）。 PCI Express数据包可以封装在IP数据包（236）中。 具有封装的PCI Express分组的IP分组可以通过IP分组网络（210）传送到接收机PCI Express节点。

公开(公告)号：US20060112186A1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-25

申请号：US10996891

申请日：2004-11-23

申请人： Douglas Sandy ,  Jeffrey Harris ,  Robert Tufford

发明人： Douglas Sandy ,  Jeffrey Harris ,  Robert Tufford

IPC分类号： G06F15/173 ,  G06F13/36

CPC分类号： H04L61/106 ,  H04L69/08

摘要： A method of communicating a VMEbus transfer (235) from an initiator VMEbus domain (202) over an IP packet network (210) to a responder VMEbus domain (204) can include the initiator VMEbus domain creating the VMEbus transfer and reading a VMEbus destination address (452) of the VMEbus transfer. The VMEbus destination address can be mapped to a responder VMEbus domain IP address and the VMEbus transfer encapsulated in an IP packet (236). The IP packet can be communicated to the responder VMEbus domain over the IP packet network.

公开(公告)号：US20060087824A1

公开(公告)日：2006-04-27

申请号：US10973733

申请日：2004-10-25

申请人： Douglas Sandy ,  Jeffrey Harris ,  Robert Tufford

发明人： Douglas Sandy ,  Jeffrey Harris ,  Robert Tufford

IPC分类号： H05K7/18

CPC分类号： G06F1/16 ,  G06F1/183

摘要： A multi-service platform system (100, 200, 300, 400) includes a computer chassis (101, 201, 301, 401) having a plurality of 3U slots (205), a backplane (104) integrated in the computer chassis, a switched fabric (106) on the backplane. At least one of a VMEbus network and a PCI network are coincident with the switched fabric on the backplane. A payload module (102) having a 3U form factor is coupled to interface with one of the plurality of 3U slots, where the payload module is communicatively coupled with the backplane using the switched fabric and at least one of the VMEbus network and the PCI network. At least one multi-gigabit connector (118) is coupled to a rear edge (119) of the payload module, where the at least one multi-gigabit connector is coupled to communicatively interface the payload module to the backplane, and where the switched fabric and at least one of the VMEbus network and the PCI network are communicatively coupled with the payload module through the at least one multi-gigabit connector.

摘要翻译： 多业务平台系统（100,200,300,400）包括具有多个3U时隙（205）的计算机机箱（101,201,301,401），集成在所述计算机机箱中的背板（104）， 交换结构（106）。 VMEbus网络和PCI网络中的至少一个与背板上的交换结构重合。 具有3U形状因子的有效载荷模块（102）耦合到与所述多个3U插槽之一的接口，其中所述有效负载模块使用所述交换结构与所述背板通信耦合，并且所述VMEbus网络和所述PCI网络中的至少一个 。 至少一个多吉比特连接器（118）耦合到有效载荷模块的后边缘（119），其中所述至少一个多千兆位连接器被耦合以将有效负载模块通信地接口到背板，并且其中交换结构 并且所述VMEbus网络和所述PCI网络中的至少一个通过所述至少一个多吉比特连接器与所述有效载荷模块通信地耦合。

公开(公告)号：US20060062212A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-23

申请号：US10947738

申请日：2004-09-23

申请人： Douglas Sandy ,  Jeffrey Harris ,  Robert Tufford

发明人： Douglas Sandy ,  Jeffrey Harris ,  Robert Tufford

IPC分类号： H04L12/50

CPC分类号： H04L49/1507 ,  H04L49/102 ,  H04L49/602

摘要： A switched fabric mezzanine storage module (560) includes a storage module (562) and a switched fabric connector (563) coupled to the storage module. The storage module is coupled to directly communicate with a switched fabric (506), where the switched fabric storage mezzanine module is coupled to a payload module (502) having one of a 3U form factor, a 6U form factor and a 9U form factor. The payload module can include at least one multi-gigabit connector (518) coupled to a rear edge (519) of the payload module, where the at least one multi-gigabit connector is coupled to communicatively interface with a backplane (504). The backplane includes the switched fabric coincident with at least one of a VMEbus network and a PCI network, where the switched fabric and at least one of the VMEbus network and the PCI network are communicatively coupled to the storage module through the at least one multi-gigabit connector.

摘要翻译： 交换式结构夹层存储模块（560）包括耦合到存储模块的存储模块（562）和交换式结构连接器（563）。 存储模块被耦合以与交换结构（506）直接通信，其中交换结构存储夹层模块耦合到具有3U形状因子，6U形状因子和9U形状因子之一的有效载荷模块（502）。 有效载荷模块可以包括耦合到有效载荷模块的后边缘（519）的至少一个多吉比特连接器（518），其中所述至少一个多吉比特连接器被耦合以与背板（504）通信地接口。 背板包括与VMEbus网络和PCI网络中的至少一个一致的交换结构，其中交换结构和至少一个VMEbus网络和PCI网络通过至少一个多路复用器通信地耦合到存储模块， 千兆连接器。

公开(公告)号：US20060062227A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-23

申请号：US10948504

申请日：2004-09-23

申请人： Robert Tufford ,  Jeffrey Harris ,  Douglas Sandy

发明人： Robert Tufford ,  Jeffrey Harris ,  Douglas Sandy

IPC分类号： H04L12/28

CPC分类号： G06F13/385

摘要： A multi-service platform system, includes a backplane (104), a switched fabric (106) on the backplane, and at least one of a VMEbus network and a PCI network coincident with the switched fabric on the backplane. A payload module (102) has one of a 6U form factor and a 9U form factor, where the payload module is communicatively coupled with the backplane using the switched fabric and at least one of the VMEbus network and the PCI network. At least one multi-gigabit connector (118) is coupled to a rear edge (119) of the payload module, where the at least one multi-gigabit connector is coupled to communicatively interface the payload module to the backplane, and where the switched fabric and at least one of the VMEbus network and the PCI network are communicatively coupled with the payload module through the at least one multi-gigabit connector. At least one of a payload subunit (112) and an I/O element (105) are coupled to the payload module. An embedded central switching resource (107) is coupled to the at least one of payload subunit and I/O element, where the embedded central switching resource is coupled to operate the switched fabric with the omission of a dedicated switch module (103), where the embedded central switching resource is coupled to allow the at least one payload subunit and I/O element equal hierarchical access to the switched fabric as a second payload module (109) coupled to the switched fabric.

摘要翻译： 一种多业务平台系统，包括背板（104），背板上的交换结构（106）以及与背板上的交换结构重合的VMEbus网络和PCI网络中的至少一个。 有效载荷模块（102）具有6U形状因数和9U形状因子之一，其中有效载荷模块使用交换结构和VMEbus网络和PCI网络中的至少一个与背板通信耦合。 至少一个多吉比特连接器（118）耦合到有效载荷模块的后边缘（119），其中所述至少一个多千兆位连接器被耦合以将有效负载模块通信地接口到背板，并且其中交换结构 并且所述VMEbus网络和所述PCI网络中的至少一个通过所述至少一个多吉比特连接器与所述有效载荷模块通信地耦合。 有效载荷子单元（112）和I / O元件（105）中的至少一个耦合到有效载荷模块。 嵌入式中央交换资源（107）耦合到有效载荷子单元和I / O元件中的至少一个，其中嵌入式中央交换资源被耦合以在省略专用开关模块（103）的情况下操作交换结构，其中 所述嵌入式中央交换资源被耦合以允许所述至少一个有效载荷子单元和I / O元件作为耦合到所述交换结构的第二有效载荷模块（109）等于所述交换结构的分层接入。

公开(公告)号：US20060112211A1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-25

申请号：US10996890

申请日：2004-11-23

申请人： Douglas Sandy ,  Jeffrey Harris ,  Robert Tufford

发明人： Douglas Sandy ,  Jeffrey Harris ,  Robert Tufford

IPC分类号： G06F13/36

CPC分类号： G06F13/404 ,  G06F2213/0026 ,  G06F2213/0044

摘要： A method of transporting a PCI Express packet (135) from an initiator PCI Express domain (102) over a VMEbus network (110) to a receiver PCI Express domain (104), can include the initiator PCI Express domain creating the PCI Express packet, while a PCI Express-to-VMEbus encapsulation module (103) reads a first PCI Express destination address (250) of the PCI Express packet. The first PCI Express destination address is mapped to a receiver PCI Express domain VMEbus address (242). The PCI Express packet is encapsulated in a data field (282) of a VMEbus write transaction (236) by the PCI Express-to-VMEbus encapsulation module. The VMEbus write transaction is communicated to the receiver PCI Express domain over the VMEbus network.

摘要翻译： 将来自启动器PCI Express域（102）的PCI Express分组（135）通过VMEbus网络（110）传送到接收机PCI Express域（104）的方法可以包括创建PCI Express分组的发起者PCI Express域， 而PCI Express-to-VMEbus封装模块（103）读取PCI Express分组的第一PCI Express目的地址（250）。 第一个PCI Express目标地址映射到接收器PCI Express域VMEbus地址（242）。 PCI Express数据包由PCI Express-to-VMEbus封装模块封装在VMEbus写入事务（236）的数据字段（282）中。 VMEbus写入事务通过VMEbus网络传送到接收器PCI Express域。

公开(公告)号：US20060109845A1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-25

申请号：US10997300

申请日：2004-11-23

申请人： Douglas Sandy ,  Jeffrey Harris ,  Robert Tufford

发明人： Douglas Sandy ,  Jeffrey Harris ,  Robert Tufford

IPC分类号： H04L12/56

CPC分类号： H04L12/4633

摘要： A method of transporting a RapidIO packet (135) from an initiator RapidIO domain (102) over an IP packet network (110) to a receiver RapidIO domain (104) can include the initiator RapidIO domain creating the RapidIO packet and reading a destination domain ID (483) of the RapidIO packet, where the destination domain ID corresponds to the receiver RapidIO domain. The destination domain ID is mapped to a receiver RapidIO domain IP address (473). The RapidIO packet is encapsulated in an IP packet (436) and the IP packet is communicated to the receiver RapidIO domain over the IP packet network.

摘要翻译： 通过IP分组网络（110）将RapidIO分组（135）从发起者RapidIO域（102）传送到接收机RapidIO域（104）的方法可以包括创建RapidIO分组的发起者RapidIO域并且读取目的地域ID （483），其中目的地域ID对应于接收机RapidIO域。 目标域ID映射到Receiver的RapidIO域IP地址（473）。 RapidIO数据包被封装在IP数据包（436）中，IP数据包通过IP数据包网络传送到接收器RapidIO域。

公开(公告)号：US20060090025A1

公开(公告)日：2006-04-27

申请号：US10973327

申请日：2004-10-25

申请人： Robert Tufford ,  Jeffrey Harris ,  Douglas Sandy

发明人： Robert Tufford ,  Jeffrey Harris ,  Douglas Sandy

IPC分类号： G06F13/14

CPC分类号： G06F13/14

摘要： A multi-service platform system (100, 200, 300) includes a computer chassis (101, 201, 301) having a plurality of 9U slots (207), a backplane (104) integrated in the computer chassis, a switched fabric (106) on the backplane. At least one of a VMEbus network and a PCI network are coincident with the switched fabric on the backplane. A payload module (102) having a 9U form factor is coupled to interface with one of the plurality of 9U slots, where the payload module is communicatively coupled with the backplane using the switched fabric and at least one of the VMEbus network and the PCI network. At least one multi-gigabit connector (118) is coupled to a rear edge (119) of the payload module, where the at least one multi-gigabit connector is coupled to communicatively interface the payload module to the backplane, and where the switched fabric and at least one of the VMEbus network and the PCI network are communicatively coupled with the payload module through the at least one multi-gigabit connector.

摘要翻译： 多业务平台系统（100,200,300）包括具有多个9U时隙（207）的计算机机箱（101,201,301），集成在计算机机箱中的背板（104），交换结构（106 ）在背板上。 VMEbus网络和PCI网络中的至少一个与背板上的交换结构重合。 具有9U形状因子的有效载荷模块（102）耦合到与所述多个9U插槽之一的接口，其中所述有效载荷模块使用所述交换结构与所述背板通信耦合，并且所述VMEbus网络和所述PCI网络中的至少一个 。 至少一个多吉比特连接器（118）耦合到有效载荷模块的后边缘（119），其中所述至少一个多千兆位连接器被耦合以将有效负载模块通信地接口到背板，并且其中交换结构 并且所述VMEbus网络和所述PCI网络中的至少一个通过所述至少一个多吉比特连接器与所述有效载荷模块通信地耦合。