US 11,778,354 B2
Network device with integrated optical line system
Hacene Chaouch, Tucson, AZ (US); Andreas Bechtolsheim, Portola Valley, CA (US); and Hugh Holbrook, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to ARISTA NETWORKS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on May 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/745,769.
Application 17/745,769 is a continuation of application No. 17/194,062, filed on Mar. 5, 2021, granted, now 11,356,754.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/986,750, filed on Mar. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0279256 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); H04B 10/038 (2013.01)
CPC H04Q 11/0005 (2013.01) [H04B 10/038 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0043 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A network device comprising:
a plurality of I/O (input/output) ports;
a control plane in electrical connection to the plurality of I/O ports;
a data plane in electrical connection to the plurality of I/O ports; and
a pluggable optical line system module plugged into one of the plurality of I/O ports, wherein the pluggable optical line system module includes an interface in electrical connection with the control plane of the network device via said one of the plurality of I/O ports, wherein the pluggable optical line system module is absent an interface for an electrical connection to the data plane of the network device and has no electrical connection to the data plane of the network device when plugged into said one of the plurality of I/O ports.