MAURILIO DE NICOLO
Pilots at Teerlink Way, Saratoga, CA

6762675, Jul 13, 2004

Sep 27, 1999

09/406248

Luca Cafiero - Palo Alto CA
Maurilio De Nicolo - Saratoga CA
Thomas Edsall - Cupertino CA
Karl Nakamura - Palo Alto CA

Cisco Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

H04Q 522

340 1042, 34031001, 379 2201, 713300, 713310

A network node determines the suitability of coupled devices for being remotely line powered before actually powering them. The node scan its ports to determine which ports are coupled to devices. The node then interrogates the coupled devices. A unique discovery tone or bit pattern is generated and sent to devices coupled to ports. The node then monitors the port for a return signal. If there is a return signal, it is compared to the transmitted discovery signal. The signal will be identical after allowing for line losses if the coupled device is suitable for remote line powering. If the comparison yields a match, the network node supplies remote line power to the device.

2004013, Jul 15, 2004

Dec 6, 2002

10/313306

Thomas Edsall - Cupertino CA, US
Mario Mazzola - San Jose CA, US
Prem Jain - Fremont CA, US
Silvano Gai - San Jose CA, US
Luca Cafiero - Palo Alto CA, US
Maurilio De Nicolo - Saratoga CA, US

Andiamo Systems Inc., A Delaware Corporation - San Jose CA

G06F015/167

709/212000

An apparatus and method for a scalable network attached storage system. The apparatus includes a scalable network attached storage system, the network attached storage system including one or more termination nodes, one or more file server nodes for maintaining file systems, one or more disk controller nodes for accessing storage disks respectively, and a switching fabric coupling the one or more termination node, file server nodes, and disk controller nodes. The one or more termination nodes, file server nodes and disk controller nodes can be scaled as needed to meet user demands. The method includes receiving a connection request from a client, selecting a termination node among the plurality of termination nodes to establish a connection with the client in response to the connection request based on a predetermined metric, terminating at the selected termination node a command request received from the client during the connection by extracting a file handle defined by the command request, forwarding the command request to a selected file server node among a plurality of file server nodes interpreting the command request at the selected file server node and accessing an appropriate disk controller node among a plurality of disk controller nodes, and accessing disk storage through the appropriate disk controller node and serving the accessed data to the client. The number of termination nodes, file server nodes, and disk controller nodes are scalable as needed to meet user demands.

7256684, Aug 14, 2007

Apr 29, 2004

10/836923

Luca Cafiero - Palo Alto CA, US
Maurilio De Nicolo - Saratoga CA, US
Thomas Edsall - Cupertino CA, US
Karl Nakamura - Palo Alto CA, US

Cisco Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

G05B 11/01, H04M 19/00, G05B 23/02

34031011, 340 39, 379413

A network node determines the suitability of coupled devices for being remotely line powered before actually powering them. The node scan its ports to determine which ports are coupled to devices. The node then interrogates the coupled devices. A unique discovery tone or bit pattern is generated and sent to devices coupled to ports. The node then monitors the port for a return signal. If there is a return signal, it is compared to the transmitted discovery signal. The signal will be identical after allowing for line losses if the coupled device is suitable for remote line powering. If the comparison yields a match, the network node supplies remote line power to the device.

7821379, Oct 26, 2010

May 30, 2007

11/755542

Luca Cafiero - Palo Alto CA, US
Maurilio De Nicolo - Saratoga CA, US
Thomas Edsall - Cupertino CA, US
Karl Nakamura - Palo Alto CA, US

Cisco Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

G05B 11/01

34031011, 340 39, 379413

A network node determines the suitability of coupled devices for being remotely line powered before actually powering them. The node scan its ports to determine which ports are coupled to devices. The node then interrogates the coupled devices. A unique discovery tone or bit pattern is generated and sent to devices coupled to ports. The node then monitors the port for a return signal. If there is a return signal, it is compared to the transmitted discovery signal. The signal will be identical after allowing for line losses if the coupled device is suitable for remote line powering. If the comparison yields a match, the network node supplies remote line power to the device.

8462838, Jun 11, 2013

Dec 4, 2009

12/631271

Qinghua Chen - Saratoga CA, US
Maurilio De Nicolo - Saratoga CA, US
Stephen Ong - Fremont CA, US
Richard Brooks - Palo Alto CA, US
Liming Yin - San Jose CA, US

Cisco Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

H03K 5/159

375229, 375219

Various example embodiments are disclosed. According to one example embodiment, a small form factor pluggable (SFP or SFP+) module may include an equalizer and a logic controller. The equalizer may be configured to receive data, provide signal information to a logic controller based on the received data, equalize the data based on equalization instructions received from the logic controller, and transmit the equalized data. The logic controller may be configured to transmit the signal information received from the equalizer receive programming instructions provide the equalization instructions to the equalizer based on the programming instructions, receive control inputs associated with the data, and provide status outputs based on the control inputs and the programming instructions. The SFP or SFP+ module may be configured to plug into a small form factor (SFF) host connector.