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Divestitures (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
May 03, 2014
Apr. 27, 2013
May 03, 2014
Apr. 27, 2013
May 03, 2014
Network Adapter Business
Jan. 17, 2014
Network Adapter Business
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups            
Disposal Group, Description and Timing of Disposal         On January 17, 2014, the Company completed the sale of its network adapter business to QLogic Corporation, as part of the Company’s business strategy to focus development on a portfolio of high performance networking products and services--both hardware and software-based--that meet the demands of today’s virtualized and cloud based data centers.  
Disposal Group, Goodwill           $ 4,100,000
Net Assets of Disposal Group           5,100,000
Disposal Group, Gain (Loss) on Disposal $ 0 $ 0 $ 4,884,000 $ 0 $ 4,900,000  
Disposal Group, Income Statement Caption         Gain on sale of network adapter business