Cisco Technology, Inc.

Jason Visneski

Peter Gunadisastra

Joel Richard Goergen

George Edward Curtis

Mike Sapozhnikov

Chris Desiniotis

Stephen Patrick Kolecki

An apparatus includes a printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB includes a plurality of through-holes extending through the PCB between a PCB first surface and a PCB second surface that opposes the PCB first surface, where each through-hole includes a via extending from the PCB first surface to a depth within the through-hole that is distanced from the PCB second surface. An integrated circuit surface mount is connected at the PCB first surface with vias of the through-holes, and a cable interconnect assembly is surface mount connected at the PCB second surface. The cable interconnect assembly includes a plurality of contact pins, each contact pin extending within a corresponding through-hole and having a sufficient dimension to engage and electrically connect with the via of the corresponding through-hole so as to facilitate exchange of an electrical signal between the integrated circuit and the cable interconnect assembly.

High speed traceless interconnect

Various embodiments provide an apparatus and method for configuring a shared data rate in a stackable interface network. An example embodiment includes detecting a data cable identifier, the data cable identifier being indicative of a first data rate capacity associated with a data cable identified by the data cable identifier; propagating information indicative of the first data rate capacity to at least one of a plurality of network devices connected via stackable network interfaces; receiving information indicative of a second data rate capacity from at least one of the plurality of network devices; determining an appropriate shared data rate from the information indicative of the first data rate capacity and the information indicative of the second data rate capacity; and configuring at least one of the plurality of network devices to communicate via a stackable network interface at the shared data rate.

Multi-speed stack interface

Methods and apparatus for preventing unsupported links between a host device and a link partner over a network is disclosed. In one embodiment, a link control signal is employed to release the reset of the candidate PHY, place a candidate PHY of the host device in a boot state, determining whether the candidate PHY is fully functional, and release the candidate PHY to establish link with the link partner over the network.

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Jason Visneski