Abstract: A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for updating a switching table in a switch fabric. In general, one or more status packets are received by a switch fabric component without handshaking between the transmitting source(s) and the receiving switch fabric component. Each status packet includes information relating to a status of an output port. A switching table is then updated based on the status information of the received status packet.

Abstract: A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for updating a switching table in a switch fabric. In general, one or more status packets are received by a switch fabric component without handshaking between the transmitting source(s) and the receiving switch fabric component. Each status packet includes information relating to a status of an output port. A switching table is then updated based on the status information of the received status packet.

Abstract: A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for transferring a packet from a port controller to a switch fabric in a switch fabric system. Notification is received indicating that a packet has been processed in the port controller. The processed packet is assigned and linked to an output priority queue. Subsequently, the packet is retrieved via the link and transmitted from the port controller to the switch fabric.

Abstract: A system for controlling a TD-bus connected to telephony devices includes a Versa Module European (VME) bus, a VME slave card connected through the TD-bus to the telephony devices, and a main controller connected through the VME bus to the VME slave card to control the telephony devices. The main controller generates a control command transferred through the VME slave card to the telephony devices. The VME slave card stores the resultant data obtained from controlling the telephony devices, and the main controller controls the TD-bus according to the resultant data.