Cable connector assembly having connector identification module

A cable connector assembly comprising:

• a cable connector including a cable connector housing having walls defining a cavity, the cable connector including cable contact assemblies received in the cavity, each cable contact assembly including a contact holder holding a signal contact and a shield providing shielding for the signal contact, the signal contacts and the shields of the cable contact assemblies arranged at a mating end of the cable connector configured to be mated with a circuit card connector assembly;
• cables terminated to the signal contacts and extending from a cable end of the cable connector, the cables defining data channels;
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• a cable connector identification module configured to be mated with the circuit card connector assembly, the cable connector identification module including identification contacts and an identification device having unique identification data stored on the identification device, the identification device being operably coupled to the identification contacts to transmit the unique identification data to the circuit card connector assembly.

A circuit card connector assembly comprising:

• a circuit card including a substrate having a mounting surface, the circuit card including circuit contacts at the mounting surface;
• a board connector mounted to the circuit card at the mounting surface, the board connector including a board connector housing having walls defining a receptacle, the board connector including board contact assemblies held by the board connector housing, the board contact assemblies including signal contacts and shields providing shielding for the signal contact, the signal contacts and the shields arranged at a mating end of the board connector for mating with a cable connector assembly, the signal contacts and the shields being terminated to the circuit contacts of the circuit card;
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• a circuit card connector identification module including identification contacts configured to be mated with a cable connector identification module of the cable connector assembly, wherein the identification contacts are configured to receive unique identification data from the cable connector identification module.