Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-server consolidated input/output (IO) device
- Patent Title (中): 多服务器综合输入/输出(IO)设备
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Application No.: US13207807Application Date: 2011-08-11
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Publication No.: US08972611B2Publication Date: 2015-03-03
- Inventor: Michael B. Galles , Subbarao Arumilli
- Applicant: Michael B. Galles , Subbarao Arumilli
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; G06F9/06 ; H04L29/00 ; G06F13/00

Abstract:
An input/output (IO) device for connecting multiple servers to one or more network interfaces. The device includes a network connection module comprising one or more network interfaces, and a virtual host interface configured to enable communication with a plurality of host servers. The device includes IO controller configured to connect each of the host servers to one or more of the network interfaces such that the connections between each host server and corresponding one or more network interfaces are operationally isolated and independent from one another.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130042019A1 Multi-Server Consolidated Input/Output (IO) Device Public/Granted day:2013-02-14
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