Conduit port for network chips
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsBruce LaVigne, John Wickeraad, Lewis Kootstra, Jonathan Watts
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Abstract
Network devices and methods are provided for device monitoring. One embodiment includes a network device having a processor, a high speed interconnect and a number of network chips. The number of network chips are coupled to one another through the high speed interconnect. The number of network chips have a conduit port which can be selectively chosen to exchange packets, received to any network chip, with the processor.
Claims36
A network device, comprising:
- a processor;
- a high speed interconnect;
- a number of network chips coupled to one another through the high speed interconnect;
- and
- wherein the number of network chips have a conduit port which can be selectively chosen to exchange packets, received to any network chip, with the processor.
A network device, comprising:
- a number of network chips coupled to one another through a high speed interconnect of the device, the number of network chips having a conduit port which can be selectively chosen to exchange packets, received to any network chip on the device, with a processor responsible for processing packets;
- and
- wherein the processor includes a single conduit port to receive packets from a selected conduit port on one of the number of network chips.
A network device, comprising:
- a number of network chips coupled to one another through a high speed interconnect on the device;
- a processor responsible for processing packets, received to any network chip on the device, wherein the processor includes a single conduit port to receive packets from the number of network chips;
- and
- means for selecting a conduit port on one of the number of network chips to exchange packets with the processor.
A method for moving packets on a network device, comprising:
- using a high speed interconnect to connect a number of network chips on the device;
- coupling a conduit port on each of the number of network chips to a selector;
- and
- using the selector to select one conduit port from among the conduit ports on each of the number of network chips to connect with a processor responsible for processing packets received to any network chip on the device.
A method for moving packets on a network device, comprising:
- coupling a number of network chips to one another through a high speed interconnect of the device, the number of network chips having a conduit port which can be selectively chosen to exchange packets, received to any network chip on the device, with a processor;
- and
- receiving packets from a selected conduit port on one of the number of network chips to a single conduit port on the processor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.