Connection between computing devices and a network device via optical signals

A network device comprising a network device port, the network device port being coupled to a plurality of computing devices via an optical bus, wherein the network device is to:

• obtain, by the network port, a plurality of electrical output signals from the network device;
• produce, by the network port, an optical output signal representing a management signal and the plurality of electrical output signals, wherein the management signal and the plurality of output signals are represented in the optical output signal by different wavelengths, and wherein the management signal selects a set of output lanes from a plurality of output lanes of each of the plurality of computing devices, and assigns wavelength to each of the set of output lanes;
• provide, by the network port, the optical output signal to each of the plurality of computing devices through the optical bus;
• and
• receive, by the network port, through the optical bus, an optical input signal comprising, for each computing device, a set of output signals from the set of output lanes selected by the management signal, each output signal being represented by a wavelengths assigned by the management signal.

A method comprising:

• determining an input bandwidth capacity of a network device comprising a network device port coupled to a plurality of computing devices;
• based on the input bandwidth capacity generating a management signal the management signal indicating a set of output lanes for each of the plurality of computing devices and indicating a different wavelength for each of the set of output lanes of each of a plurality of computing devices;
• sending the management signal to the plurality of computing devices through an optical bus;
• and
• receiving, through the optical bus, an optical signal comprising, for each computing device, a set of output signals from the set of output lanes indicated by the management signal, each output signal being represented by a wavelength indicated by the management signal.