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US 10,951,545 B2Granted
Network devices
AssigneeMellanox Technologies Tlv Ltd.
InventorsBarak Gafni, Lavi Koch, Zvi Rechtman
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Abstract
Apparatus including a network element including an input-output port, the input-output port including an input data lane and an output data lane, wherein the input data lane is in wired connection with a network data source external to the network element, the output data lane is in wired connection with a network data destination external to the network element, and the network data source is distinct from the network data destination. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
Claims16
Apparatus comprising:
- a network element comprising a plurality of input-output ports each having a first plurality of input data lanes and a second plurality of output data lanes, wherein:
- at least some of the first plurality of input data lanes are in wired connection with a network data source external to the network element,
- at least some of the second plurality of output data lanes are in wired connection with a network data destination external to the network element, and
- for at least one of said plurality of input-output ports:
- at least some of the first plurality of input data lanes of said at least one of said plurality of input-output ports are in wired connection with the network data source, and
- at least some of the second plurality of output data lanes of said at least one of said plurality of input-output ports are in wired connection with the network data destination.
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A method comprising:
- providing a network element comprising a plurality of input-output ports each having a first plurality of input data lanes and a second plurality of output data lanes;
- at least some of the first plurality of input data lanes receiving data communication, via a wired connection from a network data source external to the network element;
- and
- at least some of the second plurality of output data lanes communicating by sending data, via a wired connection, to a network data destination external to the network element, wherein
- the network data source is distinct from the network data destination.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.