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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2018
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp, Houston, TX (US);
Terrel Morris, Garland, TX (US);
Daniel Alan Berkram, Loveland, TX (US);
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides an effective solution to employ hyperscale photonics connectivity using existing server connections. The solution described in the present disclosure eliminates top-of-rack switches and facilitates a manner for servers to connect directly to middle-of-row switches. An apparatus consistent with the present disclosure includes a primary transceiver device. The primary server-end transceiver device comprising a photonics transceiver and a first electrical transmitter. The apparatus further includes a first secondary server-end transceiver device, the first secondary server-end transceiver device comprising a second electrical transmitter. In addition, a first electrical cable electrically couples the primary server-end transceiver to the first secondary server-end transceiver device. The present disclosure enables the use of an input fiber connection and a photonics transceiver to effect two sets of electrical connections on different servers.