Patent ID: 11906800
Assignee: ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A network switch comprising:
an enclosure comprising a housing and a front panel; and
a switch card assembly comprising:
a switch printed circuit board (PCB) arranged vertically within the housing in parallel relation to the front panel;
one or more switch chips mounted on the Switch PCB;
an array of optical module connectors, each of the optical module connectors comprising a housing mounted on the Switch PCB and configured to receive a pluggable optical module; and
the Switch PCB having a plurality of PCB traces that connect the one or more switch chips to the array of optical module connectors, wherein, when optical modules are received in the array of optical module connectors, the optical modules are electrically coupled to the one or more switch chips via the plurality of PCB traces,

wherein the optical module connectors are mounted orthogonal to the Switch PCB and a front end of each of the optical module connectors is accessible through the front panel of the network switch.