A network box is described. In one embodiment, the network box comprises
multiple card slots. Each of the slots has multiple ports. The network box
also includes a full mesh interconnect backplane coupling each of the
cards slots to each other using point-to-point serial links. The network
box includes at least one card inserted into one of the slots. This card
has a controller to maintain information specifying a mapping of
connections between each of the ports on each of the card slots in order
to configure connections between the card ports of the plurality of card
slots.
