1. A data switching device comprising:
a plurality of device ports for connecting to a series of nodes;
at least one node port for connecting to a first fabric; and
a switch coupled to said plurality of device ports and said at least one node port for interconnecting said ports.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein said at least one node port operates as a virtual node port, with one virtual node address for each of said plurality of device ports connected to nodes.
3. The device of claim 1, wherein said plurality of device ports form a second fabric.
4. A Fibre Channel module for connecting to a series of nodes and to a first fabric, the Fibre Channel module comprising:
a plurality of device ports for connecting to N_ports on a series of nodes;
at least one module N_port for connecting to a first fabric; and
a switch circuit coupled to said plurality of device ports and said at least one module N_port for interconnecting said ports.
5. The module of claim 4, wherein said at least one module N_port operates as a virtual node port, with one virtual node address for each of said plurality of device ports connected to nodes.
6. The module of claim 4, wherein said plurality of device ports form a second fabric.
7. A network comprising:
a series of nodes, each having at least one N_port;
a first fabric; and
a Fibre Channel module connected to said series of nodes and to said first fabric, said Fibre Channel module including:
a plurality of device ports connected to said N_ports on said series of nodes;
at least one module N_port connected to said first fabric; and
a switch circuit coupled to said plurality of device ports and said at least one module N_port for interconnecting said ports.
8. The network of claim 7, wherein said at least one module N_port operates as a virtual node port, with one virtual node address for each of said plurality of device ports connected to nodes.
9. The network of claim 7, wherein said plurality of device ports form a second fabric.
10. The network of claim 7, wherein said nodes are host computers.
11. The network of claim 10, wherein said host computers are blade computers and are located in a blade server chassis.
12. The network of claim 11, wherein said data switching device is a blade located in said blade server chassis.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A molten carbonate fuel cell separator, comprising:
a fuel electrode and an air electrode as electrode plates;
a pair of mask plates for providing a seal between the pair of electrodes;
current collectors for providing electrical connection with the electrode pair; and
corrugated plates for inhibiting mixing of fuel gas, oxidant gas, and nitrogen gas,
wherein the corrugated plates are composed of the fuel electrode corrugated plate for preventing mixing of hydrogen-containing fuel gas and nitrogen gas and the air electrode corrugated plate for preventing mixing of nitrogen gas and oxygen-bearing oxidant gas, and
wherein fuel gas flows between the fuel electrode current collector and the fuel electrode corrugated plate through internal manifolds of the separator, oxidant gas flows between the air electrode corrugated plate and the air electrode current collector through internal manifolds of the separator, and nitrogen gas for cooling of a stack flows between the fuel electrode corrugated plate and the air electrode corrugated plate through an external manifold.
2. The separator according to claim 1, wherein between the corrugated plates is further provided a support which serves to seal internal manifolds formed on both sides of the mask plates, current collectors and corrugated plates and is responsible for a height of a nitrogen gas flow path.
3. The separator according to claim 1, wherein the mask plates are composed of the fuel electrode mask plate for providing a hermetic seal between the fuel electrode and the fuel electrode current collector and the air electrode mask plate for providing a hermetic seal between the air electrode current collector and the air electrode.
4. The separator according to claim 1, wherein the current collectors are composed of the fuel electrode current collector for providing electrical connection with the fuel electrode and the air electrode current collector for providing electrical connection with the air electrode.