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AssigneeEmulex Design & Manufacturing Corporation
InventorsBruce E. Johnson, Thomas J. Hammond-Doel, Donna M. Jollay, Michael I. Thompson
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Methods and associated hub arrangements are described for use in diagnosis and recovery in high performance digital loops such as, for example, those seen in Fiber Channel systems. In one system having a hub configured for interconnection of a plurality of stations as part of a digital system such that digital data flows between the stations based on operational status of the system, an arrangement forms part of the hub which arrangement is connectable at points within the hub and between at least two different pairs of the stations for monitoring certain characteristics of the data in a way which provides for non-invasive identification of one or more conditions related to the operational status of the system.
In a Fibre channel system configured for interconnection of a plurality of stations using a main loop as part of a digital system such that digital data including ordered sets flows between the stations on the main loop based on operational status of the system, said stations being interconnected by a hub which partially defines said main loop, a management arrangement comprising:
In a Fibre channel system configured for interconnection of a plurality of stations using a main loop as part of a digital system such that digital data including ordered sets flows between the stations on the main loop based on operational status of the system, said stations being interconnected by a hub which partially defines said main loop, a method comprising the steps of:
In a Fibre Channel system configured for interconnection of a plurality of stations as part of a digital system using a main loop such that digital data flows between the stations on the main loop through a hub, said hub being configured for interconnection of said stations using a series of ports interfaced with said main loop such that one or more stations are connected to each port to form a lobe of the main loop, a method of verifying the integrity of a selected one of said lobes including the station or stations in the selected lobe, said method comprising the steps of:
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