System for increasing fiber port density in data center applications
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1. A data center network device, comprising:
- a housing containing one or more on-board fiber optic transceivers, the housing having one or more connection panels forming at least a portion of an exterior of the housing;
a plurality of fiber optic connectors attached to each of the one or more connection panels, each of the plurality of optical connectors having an external connector portion adapted to connect to an optical communication path that is external to the housing and an internal connector portion adapted to connect to an optical communication path that is internal to the housing; and
a plurality of internal fiber optic communication paths optically coupled between the one or more fiber optic transceivers and the internal connector portion of the plurality of fiber optic connectors.
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Abstract
A data center network device provides configurations where the port density can be increased by incorporating multiport transceivers within the device and the use of high density fiber connections on exterior panels of the device. The device also permits dynamically reassigning fiber connections to convert from single fiber connection paths to higher rate bonded fiber paths while at the same time making more efficient use of the fiber interconnections.
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19 Claims
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1. A data center network device, comprising:
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a housing containing one or more on-board fiber optic transceivers, the housing having one or more connection panels forming at least a portion of an exterior of the housing; a plurality of fiber optic connectors attached to each of the one or more connection panels, each of the plurality of optical connectors having an external connector portion adapted to connect to an optical communication path that is external to the housing and an internal connector portion adapted to connect to an optical communication path that is internal to the housing; and a plurality of internal fiber optic communication paths optically coupled between the one or more fiber optic transceivers and the internal connector portion of the plurality of fiber optic connectors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A data center network device, comprising:
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a housing containing having one or more connection panels forming at least a portion of an exterior of the housing; at least one printed circuit board positioned within the housing, the at least one printed circuit board having at least one transceiver and at least one fiber optic connector mounted thereto; at least one fiber optic connector attached to each of the one or more connection panels, each fiber optic connector having an external connector portion adapted to connect to an optical communication path that is external to the housing and an internal connector portion adapted to connect to an optical communication path that is internal to the housing; and at least one optical communication path optically coupled between the at least one fiber optic connector mounted to the printed circuit board and the internal connector portion of the at least one fiber optic connector. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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