Fabric modules for server to switch connections
AssigneePanduit Corp.
InventorsJose M. Castro, Richard J. Pimpinella, Bulent Kose, Yu Huang
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Abstract
An apparatus having a plurality of multifiber connector interfaces, where some of these multifiber connector interfaces can connect to network equipment in a network using multifiber cables, has an internal mesh implemented in two tiers. The first is configured to rearrange and the second is configured to recombine individual fiber of the different fiber groups. The light path of each transmitter and receiver is matched in order to provide proper optical connections from transmitting to receiving fibers and complex arbitrary network topologies can be implemented with at least 1/N less point to point interconnections, where N=number of channels per multifiber connector interface.
Claims9
An system having a plurality of apparatuses having a plurality of optical duplex and parallel connector adapters, where some a first portion of the adapters connect to network equipment in a network and others a second portion of the adapters connect to servers or processing units, where the apparatuses incorporate internal mesh, wherein a light path of each transmitter and receivers is matched in order to provide proper optical connections from transmitting to receiving fibers, wherein complex arbitrary network topologies can be implemented with at least 1/N less point to points interconnections, where N=a number of channels per connector adapters.
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