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US 10,567,309 B2Granted
Switch with side port
AssigneeFacebook, Inc.
InventorsZhiping Yao, Che Kin Leung
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Abstract
Data center switches are described. A rack of a data center can include several switches to implement a network topology. The switches can include ports on their fronts and sides such that cables can be coupled with these side ports to implement the network topology.
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A network rack, comprising:
- a first switch having a front, a back, and first side joining the front to the back and a second side joining the front to the back, wherein the first switch has a first front port on the front and a second port on the first side;
- a second switch having a front, a back, and first side joining the front to the back and a second side joining the front to the back, wherein the second switch has a first front port on the front of the second switch and a second port on the first side of the second switch;
- a first cable coupling the first front port on the front of the first switch with the first front port on the front of the second switch;
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- a second cable coupling the second port on the first side of the first switch with the second port on the first side of the second switch.
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A switch including:
- a front;
- a back;
- a first side joining the front to the back;
- a second side joining the front to the back;
- a first front port on the front of the switch, wherein the first front port is configured to receive a first cable coupling the first front port with a front port on another switch and the first front port corresponds to a first data rate;
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- a second port on the first side of the switch wherein the second port is configured to receive a second cable coupling the second port with a side port on another switch and the second port corresponds to a second data rate faster than the first data rate.
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A method comprising:
- placing a first switch within a network rack, the first switch having a front, a back, and first side joining the front to the back and a second side joining the front to the back, wherein the first switch has a first front port and a second port on the first side;
- placing a second switch within the network rack, the second switch having a first front port on a front of the second switch, and a having a front, a back, and first side joining the front to the back and a second side joining the front to the back, wherein the second switch has as first front port on the front of the second switch and a second port on the first side of the second switch;
- coupling a first cable with the first front port of the first switch and the first front port of the second switch;
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- coupling a second cable with the second port on the first side of the first switch and the second port on the first side of the second switch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.