Patents by Inventor Nhan Trong Pham
Nhan Trong Pham has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9602197Abstract: A diagnostic testing utility is used to perform single link diagnostics tests including an electrical loopback test, an optical loopback test, a link traffic test, and a link distance measurement test. These diagnostics tests can be performed on trunked links and virtual channels and can be performed while QoS is enabled. Additionally the tests can be performed non-intrusively by using a dedicated VC such that regular traffic is not affected by the diagnostics testing.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2014Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.Inventors: Nhan Trong Pham, Badrinath Kollu
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Patent number: 9571423Abstract: A management application can automatically coordinate the decommissioning of ports in a switch, ensuring that ports are gracefully taken out of service without unnecessary interruption of service and triggering of automatic recovery functionality that may occur during manual decommissioning of ports. Embodiments may provide for decommissioning of F_ports only, E_ports only, or both F_ports and E_ports. Where link aggregation is provided for in the fabric, decommissioning of a port in a link aggregation group may be performed if there are other operational links in the group. Decommissioning of a non-aggregated port (or the last operational port in a link aggregation group) may be performed if there is a redundant path available.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2011Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.Inventors: Nhan Trong Pham, Howard Lynn Johnson, Siming Li, Ethan John Cardwell, Scott Matthew Busch
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Publication number: 20160149639Abstract: A diagnostic testing utility is used to perform single link diagnostics tests including an electrical loopback test, an optical loopback test, a link traffic test, and a link distance measurement test. These diagnostics tests can be performed on trunked links and virtual channels and can be performed while QoS is enabled. Additionally the tests can be performed non-intrusively by using a dedicated VC such that regular traffic is not affected by the diagnostics testing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2014Publication date: May 26, 2016Inventors: Nhan Trong Pham, Badrinath Kollu
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Patent number: 8929252Abstract: A network switch allows defining a virtual port worldwide name (VPWWN) and associating the VPWWN with an F_port of the network switch, for use by a host bus adaptor (HBA) connecting to the network switch. Both a default and a user VPWWN may be defined, with the user VPWWN typically taking precedence over the default VPWWN. A database of VPWWN associations may be used to ensure uniqueness of the user VPWWN. Where the HBA allows dynamic assignment of WWNs, the VPWWN may be pushed to the HBA. The VPWWNs may be deleted, and moved to another port as desired.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2014Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.Inventors: Srikara Subramanyan, Badrinath Kollu, Ganesh Kumar Murugesan, Nhan Trong Pham, Sathish Kumar Gnanasekaran, Nadeem Kattangere, Vinodh Ravindran, Vidya Renganarayanan Vineet, Vidya Sagar Ravipati, Blayne Rawsky
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Publication number: 20140286194Abstract: A network switch allows defining a virtual port worldwide name (VPWWN) and associating the VPWWN with an F_port of the network switch, for use by a host bus adaptor (HBA) connecting to the network switch. Both a default and a user VPWWN may be defined, with the user VPWWN typically taking precedence over the default VPWWN. A database of VPWWN associations may be used to ensure uniqueness of the user VPWWN. Where the HBA allows dynamic assignment of WWNs, the VPWWN may be pushed to the HBA. The VPWWNs may be deleted, and moved to another port as desired.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.Inventors: Srikara Subramanyan, Badrinath Kollu, Ganesh Kumar Murugesan, Nhan Trong Pham, Sathish Kumar Gnanasekaran, Nadeem Kattangere, Vinodh Ravindran, Vidya Renganarayanan Vineet, Vidya Sagar Ravipati, Blayne Rawsky
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Patent number: 8774052Abstract: A network switch allows defining a virtual port worldwide name (VPWWN) and associating the VPWWN with an F_port of the network switch, for use by a host bus adaptor (HBA) connecting to the network switch. Both a default and a user VPWWN may be defined, with the user VPWWN typically taking precedence over the default VPWWN. A database of VPWWN associations may be used to ensure uniqueness of the user VPWWN. Where the HBA allows dynamic assignment of WWNs, the VPWWN may be pushed to the HBA. The VPWWNs may be deleted, and moved to another port as desired.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2012Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.Inventors: Srikara Subramanyan, Badrinath Kollu, Ganesh Kumar Murugesan, Nhan Trong Pham, Sathish Kumar Gnanasekaran, Nadeem Kattangere, Vinodh Ravindran, Vidya Renganarayanan Vineet, Vidya Sagar Ravipati, Blayne Rawsky
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Publication number: 20120218990Abstract: A network switch allows defining a virtual port worldwide name (VPWWN) and associating the VPWWN with an F_port of the network switch, for use by a host bus adaptor (HBA) connecting to the network switch. Both a default and a user VPWWN may be defined, with the user VPWWN typically taking precedence over the default VPWWN. A database of VPWWN associations may be used to ensure uniqueness of the user VPWWN. Where the HBA allows dynamic assignment of WWNs, the VPWWN may be pushed to the HBA. The VPWWNs may be deleted, and moved to another port as desired.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Srikara Subramanyan, Badrinath Kollu, Ganesh Kumar Murugesan, Nhan Trong Pham, Sathish Kumar Gnanasekaran, Nadeem Kattangere, Vinodh Ravindran, Vidya Renganarayanan Vineet, Vidya Sagar Ravipati, Blayne Rawsky
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Publication number: 20120207154Abstract: A management application can automatically coordinate the decommissioning of ports in a switch, ensuring that ports are gracefully taken out of service without unnecessary interruption of service and triggering of automatic recovery functionality that may occur during manual decommissioning of ports. Embodiments may provide for decommissioning of F_ports only, E_ports only, or both F_ports and E_ports. Where link aggregation is provided for in the fabric, decommissioning of a port in a link aggregation group may be performed if there are other operational links in the group. Decommissioning of a non-aggregated port (or the last operational port in a link aggregation group) may be performed if there is a redundant path available.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2011Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Nhan Trong Pham, Howard Lynn Johnson, Siming Li, Ethan John Cardwell, Scott Matthew Busch