High speed switch for high speed connection between computers and peripheral devices

Claim 1

A switch assembly for connecting computers to SCSI peripheral devices in order to pipe data directly from computer to peripheral devices without the use of LAN switches or NICs, said assembly comprising: at least one of said computers; at least one of said peripheral devices; a crosspoint switch having a plurality of input terminals and an equal plurality of output terminals, each one of said peripheral devices being adapted for connection to a corresponding one of said output terminals; an equal plurality of connection ports, each one of said computers being adapted for connection to a corresponding one of said connection ports; an equal plurality of interconnection devices, each interconnection device being connected between a corresponding connection port and a corresponding input terminal, each interconnection device including an SCSI control section connected to said corresponding connection port and a switch control section connected to said corresponding input terminal, a CPU, a table memory, a buffer memory and an internal system bus connected to both sections, both memories and said CPU, said switch connecting the corresponding input terminal to a selected one of the output terminals in accordance with signals supplied from said crosspoint switch control section to the corresponding input port.