Appeal No. 2006-1030
Application No. 09/895,233
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. A method for end node partitioning for a physical element, comprising the steps of:
selecting a configuration of the physical element, said physical element including a
plurality of ports;
probing one of said plurality of ports that is included within said physical element,
wherein the port is probed with a subnet management packet by a subnet manager;
in response to determining that said physical element is a particular type of physical
element, partitioning said physical element to provide a plurality of virtual representations of
said physical element, each one of said plurality of virtual representations having a unique access
control level; and
partitioning said physical element by assigning a different local identifier to each one of
said plurality of ports that is included within said physical element resulting in a configuration
change of the physical element.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Shah et al. (Shah) 6,694,361 Feb. 17, 2004
Filed June 30, 2000
Bakke et al. (Bakke) 6,704,812 Mar. 9, 2004
Filed Nov. 30, 2000
Claims 1, 5, 8, 9, 13, 17 and 20 through 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
being anticipated by Shah. The remaining claims on appeal stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103. As evidence of obviousness as to claims 2 through 4, 6, 7, 14, 15, 18, 19 and 23 through
30, the examiner relies upon Shah in view of Bakke.
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellants and the examiner, reference is made to
the Brief and Reply Brief for appellants’ positions, and to the Answer for the examiner’s
positions.
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