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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
May. 04, 2018
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Joel Richard Goergen, Soulsbyville, CA (US);
Chad M. Jones, Doylestown, OH (US);
Douglas Paul Arduini, San Ramon, CA (US);
Richard Anthony O'Brien, Livermore, CA (US);
Daniel Lee Barsotti, Sacramento, CA (US);
Sung Kee Baek, San Ramon, CA (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving power at an optical transceiver module at a remote network device on a cable delivering power and data from a central network device, operating the remote network device in a low voltage startup mode during fault sensing at the remote network device, transmitting on the cable, a data signal to the central network device, the data signal indicating an operating status based on the fault sensing, and receiving high voltage power from the central network device on the cable at the remote network device upon transmitting an indication of a safe operating status at the remote network device, wherein the remote network device is powered by the high voltage power. An apparatus is also disclosed herein.