Method for indicating port states and switch

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9450843
APP PUB NO 20130265882A1
SERIAL NO

13794050

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The present disclosure discloses a method for indicating port states and a switch. A main panel of the switch is provided with port indicators one-to-one corresponding to physical ports and N channel indicators. The switch further includes a main chip and a control component. The control component is configured to: receive a port state indication signal from the main chip, and parse the port state indication signal to obtain usage state information of each logical port; generate N enable signals, and control at most one enable signal to be valid at any time point; and control the states of the N channel indicators by using the N enable signals sent from the enable signal controlling module, and control the state of each port indicator according to the N enable signals and the usage state information of each logical port.

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  • HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Jia, Xizhi Shenzhen, CN 1 3
Li, Guolang Shenzhen, CN 3 7
Wang, Xiaobin Shenzhen, CN 189 2555
Zhou, Xiang Shenzhen, CN 290 2994

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