QSFP to OSFP module form factor adapter
AssigneeArista Networks, Inc.
InventorsYoungbae Park, Jiayi Wu, Warren Meggitt, Richard Hibbs, Robert Wilcox
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Abstract
An adapter for a communication transceiver is provided. The adapter includes a main body having a first end and opposed second end. The first end of the main body has an OSFP (octal small form factor pluggable) edge connector arranged for electrical and physical connection to an OSFP host connector in an OSFP host port. The main body has a QSFP (quad small form factor pluggable) host connector arranged to receive a QSFP edge connector of a QSFP transceiver through the second end of the main body so that the adapter adapts the QSFP transceiver to an OSFP host. A method of using a communication adapter is also provided.
Claims20
An adapter for a communication transceiver, comprising:
- a main body having a first end and opposed second end;
- the first end having an OSFP (octal small form factor pluggable) edge connector arranged for electrical and physical connection to an OSFP host connector in an OSFP host port;
- and
- the main body having a QSFP (quad small form factor pluggable) host connector arranged to receive a QSFP edge connector of a QSFP transceiver through the second end of the main body so that the adapter adapts the QSFP transceiver to an OSFP host.
An adapter for a communication transceiver and a communication host, comprising:
- a housing having opposed first and second ends;
- the first end of the housing dimensioned to fit an OSFP (octal small form factor pluggable) host port;
- and
- the second end of the housing dimensioned to receive a QSFP (quad small form factor pluggable) transceiver so as to have an OSFP host having the OSFP host port cooperate with the QSFP transceiver through the adapter.
A method of using a communication adapter, comprising:
- connecting a QSFP (quad small form factor pluggable) to OSFP (octal small form factor pluggable) adapter into an OSFP port in an OSFP host;
- and
- connecting a QSFP transceiver into the QSFP to OSFP adapter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.