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The IBM Enterprise Systems Connection (ESCON) Director: A dynamic switch for 200Mb/s fiber optic links

Georgiou et al., 1992

Document ID
8125903367018854621
Author
Georgiou C
Larsen T
Oakhill P
Salimi B
Publication year
Publication venue
IBM journal of research and development

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This paper describes the function and hardware structure of the Enterprise Systems Connection (ESCON™) Director™, an I/O switch capable of providing dynamic, nonblocking, any-to-any connectivity for up to 60 fiber optic links operating at 200 Mb/s …
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