Arbitrated loop address management apparatus, method and system

• Main Authors: BOMHOFF MATTHEW D, CAGNO BRIAN J, GAN QIU KENNY N, SEIDEL ANDREW E, LUCAS GREGG S
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 15.06.2011
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for automatically and transparently managing addresses in an arbitrated loop network. An arbitrated loop network switch is programmed with an address map and configured with the necessary modules to monitor an address assignment process and associate so...