Patent attributes
A switch of a network. The switch includes a port card for sending and receiving packets to and from the network. The switch includes a plurality of fabrics connected to the port card. Each fabric switches portions of the packet. Each fabric has a queue in which portions of the packet are stored. The switch includes a first dequeuer for dequeueing the portions of the packet. The switch includes a second dequeuer for dequeueing the portions of the packets. The switch includes a state machine for controlling when the first and second dequeuers dequeue the portions of the packet. A method for sending packets with a switch of a network. The method includes the steps of dequeueing with a first dequeuer of a fabric portions of a packet from a queue of the fabric. Then there is the step of dequeueing with a second dequeuer of the fabric the portions of the packet from the queue after in the first dequeuer has dequeued the portions of the packet.
