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US 2020/0403936 A1Published application
System and method for reconfigurable network device
AssigneeArista Networks, Inc.
InventorWarren Meggitt
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Abstract
A network device includes a hardware component. The network device includes a first device receiver operably connected to the hardware component via a first hardware component connection and adapted to receive a device. The network device further includes a second device receiver operably connected to the hardware component via a second hardware component connection. The first device receiver of the network device is adapted to reversibly reallocate the first hardware component connection to the second device receiver.
Claims20
A network device, comprising:
- a hardware component;
- a first device receiver operably connected to the hardware component via a first hardware component connection and adapted to receive a device;
- and
- a second device receiver operably connected to the hardware component via a second hardware component connection,
- wherein the first device receiver is adapted to reversibly reallocate the first hardware component connection to the second device receiver.
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A method, comprising:
- making a determination, based on a type of a device disposed in a first device receiver, that the device supports a higher rate of communications than is supported by a first connection that is allocated to the first device receiver;
- in response to the determination:
- inserting a combiner into a second device receiver, that is directly connected to the first device receiver, to reallocate a second connection, that is allocated to the second device receiver, to the first device receiver;
- and
- communicating, using a hardware component, with the device at the higher rate of communications using:
- the first connection, and
- the reallocated second connection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.