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Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 25, 2018
Applicant:

Mellanox Technologies, Ltd., Yokneam, IL;

Inventors:

Assad Khamaisee, Kfar Kana, IL;

Avraham Ganor, Shoham, IL;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/42 (2006.01); H04B 10/80 (2013.01); H04B 10/40 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/4284 (2013.01); G02B 6/4293 (2013.01); H04B 10/40 (2013.01); H04B 10/801 (2013.01);
Abstract

An adapter includes an electrical male connector, an electrical female connector, an electronic circuit and one or more visual indicators. The electrical male connector is configured for plugging into a receptacle of a first electro-optical transceiver type having N signal lanes. The electrical female connector is configured to receive a male connector of a second electro-optical transceiver type having M signal lanes, M smaller than N. The electronic circuit is configured to route a partial subset of M signal lanes from among the N signal lanes, between the electrical male connector and the electrical female connector. One or more visual indicators are configured to display a status of one or more network ports mapped to one or more of the signal lanes in the partial subset.


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